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Slate Predicts The End Of TiVo

Posted by timothy on Wednesday October 9, 2002 @07:27AM from the jury-is-still-out-watching-tv dept.

wiredog writes "Slate has an article about why TiVo (the company, not the idea) is destined to fail. It suffers from the same first mover disadvantage that did in the Newton and the Amiga."

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Frost Pist! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-09 07:30 · Score: -1, Offtopic

w00t!
wow, interesing by diablo6683 · 2002-10-09 07:30 · Score: 0, Offtopic

hmm, i wonder what the commercial applications of this are? n.7.
Pist by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-09 07:30 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Frost. X2
Re:XBox? by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-09 07:32 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Hey Bill,

Are you (or is anybody) still doing any stuff for the defunct VR3?

Regards
Re:why by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-09 07:34 · Score: -1, Offtopic

What a clever first post! Bravo! Bravo!
Re:Not necessarilly by jazman_777 · 2002-10-09 09:55 · Score: 0, Offtopic

despite having a GNU/Linux kit available for hobbiests.
Did you mean hobbits, or hobbyists?

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