首先让我做些说明。多媒体,我并不是指那些播放画面和声音的计算机系统。如同今天的彩色视频绘画系统(VGA)和大型硬盘驱动器做为现在的标准一样,在一年左右时间内将把装有只读CD盘(CD—ROM)和音卡(Soundcard)的PC计算机做为标准设备,我认为这将势在必行。我也并不是指电视和计算机的融合,或双向电视(interactive television),或者我称做的“黄金时间计算机(“Prime—time comput-er”)”。 我的解释是,多媒体并不是个产品,而是个过程,或者更确切地说是个经营活动。在我看 Let me explain first. Multimedia, I do not mean those computer systems that play back pictures and sounds. As today’s color video graphics system (VGA) and large hard disk drives are the current standard, PC computers equipped with CD-ROMs and sound cards will be available in about a year Standard equipment, I think it will be imperative. Nor am I referring to television and computer convergence, or interactive television, or what I call the “prime-time calculator”. My explanation is that multimedia is not a product, but a process, or rather a business activity. Look at me