[X-Unix] Macworld Live updates?

[William H. Magill]

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.
William H. Magill
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