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The Programmer Who Could Save Tivo

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the didn't-know-it-needed-saving dept.

Damon Darlin from Business 2.0 writes "We just posted a story on Arthur Van Hoff, the programming legend who now works at TiVo. He was one of the Java geniuses at Sun (has almost as many patents as Bill Joy) and started Strangeberry, which Tivo bought in January. the story tells how his Strangeberry software will be given away to developers of web content. The next generation Tivos will then be able to recognize web content and direct it to the appropriate home device. This could be the stuff that saves tivo because none of the set top boxes will have this ability.

9 of 371 comments (clear)

  1. Never heard of him. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    He is no John Carmack! FP!

  2. All I want to know is ... by shailesh17 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    how much are they paying him?

  3. Re:Have you ever made love to a dog? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You're a tool with too much time on your hands..

  4. weather by zippo01 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's really nice weather today, Think i might go play ing the park with my pet TiVo.

  5. yo0 fail it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    OpenBSD 3anker Theo standpoint, I don't

  6. Hey, what happened to the "Laugh at MS" story? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Where can I get a job that has such low performance standards as being a Slashdot editor?

    Good Lord, even McDonald's food had to be edible...

  7. off topic but.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Where the fuck did the Microsoft story go that was here a few fucking minutes ago? what the fuck? am I losing my mind? aggghhhh!!!! (OK mod this down but where did it go???)

    1. Re:off topic but.. by ThePlague · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Taco went a little nuts and posted it as a published story before it went through the "from the mysterious future" phase. It's still there, and you can see it if you're a subscriber. It'll probably be up for general viewing in about half an hour or so.

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