Open Source at TiVo

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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[Nogami_Saeko]

This is all well and good about how TiVO runs, and the basis for their hardware...

But what I REALLY want to know from TiVO is why they don't offer service in Canada yet.

Canadians = People who love TVs

We'll put up with idiot politicians, tax increases, poor canadian dollar, less than thrilling economy, but we'll fight to the bitte end if anyone screws with our TVs.

TiVO would sell REALLY damn well here, but there hasn't been any official info about why it's not released here yet, and when it might be.

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