4. (Ch 2.1) Microsoft At The Dawn Of The Internet Era
Internet History Podcast
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The Future of Television
Imagine a medium that combines the switching and routing capabilities of phones with the video and information offerings of cable systems. Instead of settling for whatever happens to be on at a particular time, you could select any item from an encyclopedic menu of offerings and have it routed directly to your television set or computer screen. Bill Gates actually shared this fever dream; he saw opportunity for huge profits by duplicating his platform strategy in a new arena.
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