This guy is going places. Hype is an enormous problem in the Internet world. If things continue as they're going now, the whole deal is guaranteed to collapse the Internet is oversold and it under-delivers. Parent's approach to Internet seriousness and integrity is crucial. I think they are wrong.
Interactive TV is what has imploded.
You're really going to have the opportunity to interact with it. As VP, and Studio Director of Silicon Graphics 1994 to 1997, Parent was responsible for all aspects of Silicon Graphics' activities on the World Wide Web. While at SGI he implemented the first Intranet and is also given credit for developing SGI's Extranet activities. He left SGI about three years ago in 1996 to form his own company, the very successful Pantheon Interactive in Santa Clara. Parent was known for offering custom engineering solutions including application development, complex code generation, user interface development and integration and product prototyping.