Back in the early 1990s, Silicon Graphics founder Jim Clark came up with an idea for a new type of interactive, entertainment-centric device for consumers. Steve Jobs may be in the right place at the right time to fulfill the ITV promise and drive a wedge between business and entertainment computing. The 1990s version of ITV failed for several reasons. It was too expensive to deliver the compute horsepower necessary in a consumer form factor. Bandwidth to the home didn’t really exist (anyone remember ISDN and 14.4 modems?). Your friends and family called you on your home phone which was probably on your kitchen wall.”]
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