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Home of the future - but who's future?

"Microsoft's Concept Home Too Much of a Wired Thing"
Washington Post, By Rob Pegoraro - Sunday, March 28, 2004; Page F07

"The basic idea behind the Microsoft Home is personalizing a dwelling so it responds to its occupants and their tastes -- "making things mine," said John O'Rourke, senior director of Microsoft's consumer strategy division.

So when the house learns that it's you at the door and not the FedEx guy, it knows to welcome you by opening the blinds, turning on the lights and playing the music of your choice. "

"The family room's plasma TV -- like other sets in the house -- is a monitor that allows access to all the entertainment and information on the home network, including movies, music, photos and everybody's schedules, collected from such different sources as the computer servers at the parents' workplaces and a kid's Hotmail calendar. "

They claim it will be affordable, but I highly doubt it. We will see yet another class disparity.

posted by Netwoman @ 1:49 PM