By internalizing their Internet services instead of outsourcing them, it could be a good thing for Gateway. It's not critical, though. They're doing well with their hardware, their personal computer sales, so it's not as important overall.

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Microsoft is not going to establish a chokehold on the information appliances industry. These appliances don't need a standardized operating system the way PCs do. In many cases, the consumer will have no idea what the operating system is, since it's meant to be completely hidden.

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There's certainly an advantage to having an instant installed base for people trying to decide what format.

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It's really subjective. For the foreseeable future, we're going to have multiple formats.

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There's the question of how you are going to sell this when you've got sub-$500 PCs on the market. But this is going to be something that appeals to people who already have a PC, I think. They'll see this as complementary.

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It has some advantages a desktop system doesn't. The price is low enough to appeal to others besides rich aficionados.

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