Who will rule the multimedia universe? Will it be Microsoft's Bill Gates with his .NET strategy to turn the PC into the nerve center of every home, with tendrils reaching out to encompass everything from music to Web connections to digital video? Or will it be Apple's Steve Jobs who intends for the Mac to serve as the digital hub for a variety of new and complicated consumer digital devices like cameras, scanners and MP3 players, to name but a few.
Many believe the answer to that question will determine -- at least for the first part of the 21st century -- how our high-tech future will look, how it will feel, and how much it will cost.
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