12.11.05
Posted in General at 4:47 pm by Craig
http://www.tivo.com/4.9.11.asp
http://atrios.blogspot.com/2005_12_11_atrios_archive.html#113434299665641018 (and doubtless more stories like this to follow)
Tivo right now is on the verge of producing an absolutely killer product — broadband distribution to TV of user-generated content. Given their recent purchases, I’d suspect that’s something Yahoo would cream its pants over. Besides, they need something to compete with
Google Video. Remember, when it happens, you read it here first.
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12.07.05
Posted in Tech/Geek at 2:44 pm by Craig
One of the dramatically misunderstood things about open source in the commercial world is how to create, feed and maintain a successful “community” around a product. A great case study in how to do things better vs worse is in a new
Ars Technica review comparing the gumstix platform (actually the waysmall 200bt) to the BlackDog pocket server. As
gizmodo put it:
Two micro Linux servers enter, one micro Linux server leaves.
I wish I had more bandwidth available to help more companies recognize how to build successful open-source based products — there’s a metric shitload of money to be made in doing that.
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