Hucksters, Suckers, and the Cue:Cat

Someone in the Know writes: "Now that it's almost completely over for Digital:Convergence, D Magazine (Dallas) unveiled the investments and the suckers surrounding the Cue:Cat and its creator J. Jovan Philyaw. I especially liked the Coca-Cola executive's observation: "... said listening to Philyaw made him feel like his hair was on fire". This was passed around ex-employees and we all got a kick out of it. The company is still alive, apparently, but not doing much anymore."

Comments

RIAA, take note

[AntiNorm]

The company is still alive, apparently, but not doing much anymore.

Just goes to show you what happens when a company tries to make its living by suing people.

Not every device is worth billions of dollars

[Faldgan]

One of the problems that a lot of the 'dot-bombs' have seen is that their product is just fine, but occupies a niche that just isn't a large market. I worked for a company that had a half-way decent product, and the revenue of this product could have supported a dozen people, or even twenty or so. But our CEO (who couldn't add 13 and 7 correctly) was hyped, and thought we needed a 100+ employee company, and millions of dollars in investment, and that we could make billions of dollars. NO. Not every product is a revolution. Not every product needs to have a "225-person workforce"
Advice to executives: Don't hire unless you need some work done that your current employees can't handle.

Re:I don't know whether to laugh or to cry

[Fear the Clam]

Laugh.

This is the same guy who thinks it's a Good Idea to ask for your address if you just want to buy batteries.

Re:Linux support of the Cue Cat

[fishlet]

With the linux user base being notorious for not spending a dime, their concentrating on linux would have only brought them down faster