It's hard to say what he might do; it could be anything.

Cisco wants people in the entertainment and computing industry to understand that they are the way to get something from point A to point B over the Internet.

Right now, it's no more than a couple of ideas in his head that still have to be turned into games.

The media market it fragmenting like crazy right now.

It's a step in the right direction ... it's another enhancement to the service.

This is just people hedging their bets, ... They don't want to sour the business relationship if the other side wins. It all reinforces [the idea that] there will be a format war, and with a format war, nobody wins.

This is the first true Internet appliance that will come into the consumer space.

That's the safe choice, because that's what you already know and that's what you've got.

[Aside from the competition, the company's first challenge will be to teach consumers how to use the service.] Many consumers are uncomfortable trying to figure out how to print envelopes on their printers, ... And the alternative of printing the postage on the letter itself requires a window envelope, which most consumers are not using.