Re: Interested in possibly buying XyWrite: a few questions.

["Stephen A. Carter" scarter@xxxxxxxx]

On Thu, 20 Jan 00 23:56:16 +0100, Alan Lothian wrote:
>If the people who sold washing machines behaved like the people
>who sell software, the people who build jails would be buying
>yachts.

 Appliance giant Maytag announced on January 14 that it has teamed
with Microsoft
 to create 'smart appliances' based on the fuzzy Universal Plug and
Play standard
 proposed last year. This follows earlier announced plans from Sun
Microsystems
 to create similar networked home appliances with Sears and
Whirlpool, among
 others.

Original report at
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2422409,00.html?chkpt=zd
hpnews01


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