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Open Source at TiVo

Posted by michael on from the small-price-to-pay dept.

CowboyRobot writes "ACM Queue has an article by TiVo co-founder Jim Barton, in which he explains how the company relies on open source technologies to create a closed-source product. A good lesson in how other companies can do the same. From the article: Careful management of our sources to abide by the terms of the GNU General Public License while protecting our proprietary developments is a small price to pay for this benefit."

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  1. To those who value their TiVos by citizen6350 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Quick, someone erase this article, BEFORE SCO SEES IT! (yes, its a joke)

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  2. Cool! by yotto · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe now they'll sue the people who wrote the code they used!

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  3. Re:Readable version by Eric+Ass+Raymond · · Score: 5, Funny

    The fonts have been made small intentionally so that they'll save on bandwidth. Smaller fonts, less bits to move. It's been a common practise since the dotcom-bubble burst.

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  4. hmmm by SomeOtherGuy · · Score: 3, Funny

    My TivO -- One more machine I better make sure I write that $699.00 check to SCO for.

    Damn there goes next weeks lunch money.

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