Peter Lewis of Fortune magazine does n’t mean Microsoft ’s , Sony ’s , or any other caller ’s “ convergence strategy ” is going to work :
It ’s far too complicated for a consumer audience , unless the consumer have a technical degree from the University of Pluto . Most Americans still plug into to the Internet over dial - up modem . The VCR clock is still blinking 12:00 . When consumers go to the electronics store to grease one’s palms home networking geartrain , more often than not they hark back it because it ’s just too unvoiced to figure out . That ’s not an overstatement : The return rate for home networking ware is well over 50 per centum , according to retail merchant . And that ’s just for tie reckoner , not to mention a United Nations of devices that apply different communication protocol , different operating systems , and different medium format . Sony and Microsoft do n’t even bonk how to explain to Ma and Pa and the kids why they should desire their PC to transmit with the television . Stop someone on the street and involve , “ Are you thwarted because you need to stream video from your PC to the picture reminder in your bedchamber ? ” luck are you ’ll get slapped .
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