Tivo and SonicBlue Settle Dispute

Shippy writes "According to this article at the Stereophile Guide to Home Theatre, Tivo and SonicBlue have decided to dismiss all patent-infringement claims 'without prejudice' and instead focus their energies on energizing the DVR market. 'We believe our energies are better spent expanding the market for DVRs rather than fighting each other,' the former adversaries said in a joint statement. The article also discusses their plans for marketing and also how they plan to respond to criticisms that the DVR market is doomed."

Comments

oh. my. god.

[mrpuffypants]

competing companies working together?

prepare for meltdown in 3.....2....1....

Re:oh. my. god.

[GigsVT]

It's like two people fighting to the death over a huge treasure that is supposed to be in a sealed box, but then they notice the box is a lot lighter than they thought. :)

Analogy

[LoudMusic]

I picture a running back (football for those less informed) charging down the field and a defender setting up to tackle him. Then BLAMO! the running back plasters the dude and keeps on going.

The defender gets up, dusts himself off and says, "You know, I think you're right. Maybe we should just let this go and concern ourselves more with the offence. K?"

and in other news....

[iterations]

"According to this article [that I made up], [the US Govt] and [msft] have decided to dismiss all [anti-trust suits] 'without prejudice' and instead focus their energies on energizing the [us ecomony]. 'We believe our energies are better spent expanding the market for [aol] rather than fighting each other,' the former adversaries said in a joint statement. The article also discusses their plans for marketing and also how they plan to respond to criticisms that the [] market is doomed."

I swear they used an automatic press release generator for this one!

Here is why...

[burnsy]

Because neither company can afford lawyers!

Fighting?

[Doomrat]

SonicBlue: U STOLE ARE TECHNOLOGEY!!!1!!! Tivo: FUK U!! SonicBlue: OMG WE CULD CONBINE ARE SKILLZ AND BE ElITE! Tivo: OMG!!!! YES!!11!!!!!!!!

Re:interesting.... but..

[Anonymous Coward]

oh no!!
i'm sure 'several' people and their righteous crusade against remote clock setting will doubtless cripple the tyrannical bastards at tivo out to get us all!

What they are really trying to say...

[Hyped01]

"According to this article at the Stereophile Guide to Home Theatre, Tivo and SonicBlue have decided: 'We believe that perhaps if we team up, we may have a chance at pushing our products onto the masses, since they are already being obsoleted by a dozen other initiatives that are coming built into future TV and HDTV products. With luck, we'll make enough money off of it that we'll have a few bucks in our pocket when we have to bail out sometime later down the road.' the former adversaries said in a joint statement.

The article also discusses their plans for marketing and also how they plan to respond to criticisms that the DVR market is doomed." 'With luck and enough of a spin on it, perhaps we can pull enough wool over people's eyes that they dont realize that the DVR market is already dead... we're just hoping there are enough sheep in the world for all the wool we'll need for that feat.'

At least, that's my translation of it...

- Rob

A message from Canada

[EulerX07]

Hello dear companies. Now that you're getting along, could I PLEASE be permitted to buy your products. Me and my fellow canucks would very much like to prevent the doom of your market by welcoming you with open arms into our stores and give you our money, while it's still worth something. Now I know that you've been ignoring us for the few last years but we're willing to forgive you and pay for your services. Thank you for your attention... Oh, btw, Canada is that small country just north of the USA, you should be able to find quite easily.