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From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 18:17:17 -0400
Posted-Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 06:49:41 -0500 Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 06:49:41 -0500 From: bachmann () austin ibm com (Dave Bachmann) To: farber () central cis upenn edu Subject: Re: here we go I found the quote from Malone a bit frightening: In announcing the $33 billion merger, TCI chief executive officer John Malone held out the vision of a single powerful box on top of each home television set that would combine the diverse streams of information that now flow separately into the home: telephone calls, television shows, video rentals, newspapers and even books. In short, "it will allow us to control all the communication needs of a household with one device," Malone said. I'm not sure I like the idea of someone controlling all my communications needs. Especially Malone. dave
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