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From: bzs@ENCORE.COM (Barry Shein)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: Revolutions and Fidonet
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Date: 17 Nov 88 17:01:49 GMT
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George W. Leach brings up the question of why would anyone want these
networks and PC's in their homes? People seem to like TV, big hit, but
as far as info goes they don't do it in other spheres...

I agree, but that's the whole point, new kinds of services will appear
and they may very well resemble passive entertainment more than the
current systems.

For example, the ability to use video-quality windows in a shopping
program could easily (in my humble but correct opinion) replace most
mail order services. I've already seen systems like this and they're
coming along (not networked yet, CD ROMs will be a competing
technology although immediacy is easier over a network.)

	-Barry Shein, ||Encore||