Do traditional consumer electronics companies have to look to digital content as the future?
Yes, I think so. They have to transform themselves into digital content. And in that sense, we have a great advantage because we started many years ago and many others have followed us. New products would have to be able to use digital content; do you think those products are cannibalizing sales of current products? Certain products, yes, such as the VHS market, but they are being replaced by the DVD market. More and more, hard disks will be utilized in the consumer electronics market, such as hard disks attached to a set-top box. Digital television or the PlayStation also will be more standardized to incorporate hard disks. And so digital content will be part of the biggest application or attraction for many of these consumer products. I’m not so much concerned about cannibalizing older products. I don’t think this will kill other parts of our business that aren’t really growing. You’re giving one of the keynote speeches at Comdex this year. What should people be looking out for? My m
