[X-Unix] Macworld Live updates?

[CP]

Except the reported noted this - BEFORE Steve even started his speech. 
What the reported was quoted as saying was "He thought that Steve MIGHT 
pull a BILL Gates, and if so, that would be very bad"… or words to that 
effect.



William H. Magill wrote:

> On 11 Jan, 2005, at 13:22, Ted wrote:
>
>> What is the purpose of NOT streaming the keynote this year???? I have 
>> not heard why it is not being streamed.
>
>
> According to the a CNBC reporter ... Jobs suffered from "Gatesitis" 
> during the early part of his keynote -- one of his demos failed.
>
> Twill be interesting to see if the failure gets edited out of the 
> posted version of the keynote. (9 hours gives folks a long time to do 
> lots of editing.)
>
> Actually, the best argument I heard for not streaming the keynote was 
> the expectation of the "Victoria Secret Effect." Basically, far too 
> many people trying to view the webcast for the facilities available, 
> resulting in a poor viewing experience for everyone.
>
> Despite all the hype, the Internet itself is anything but "broadband." 
> The topology of the net simply cannot handle a massive load. That's 
> why operations like Akami have come into existence. {For example, I've 
> been trying to get to "http://live.macobserver.com/" unsuccessfully 
> now for the past 30 minutes.}
>
> The other comment of some possibility was the use of Quick Time 7 to 
> address some of the streaming issues.
>
> T.T.F.N.
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