BA and TCI

[David Farber <farber@central.cis.upenn.edu>]

Posted-Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 06:49:41 -0500
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 06:49:41 -0500
From: bachmann@austin.ibm.com (Dave Bachmann)
To: farber@central.cis.upenn.edu
Subject: Re:  here we go


I found the quote from Malone a bit frightening:


In announcing the $33 billion merger, TCI chief executive officer John Malone
held out the vision of a single powerful box on top of each home television
set that would combine the diverse streams of information that now flow
separately into the home: telephone calls, television shows, video rentals,
newspapers and even books.


In short, "it will allow us to control all the communication needs of a
household with one device," Malone said.






I'm not sure I like the idea of someone controlling all my communications needs.


Especially Malone.


dave