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Netflix CFO Sees No Future for Amazon Rentals

Posted by Zonk on from the sniping-from-the-sidelines dept.

Dave H. writes "In comments made at the Morgan Stanley Small Cap conference last week, Netflix CFO Barry McCarthy says he doesn't think Amazon.com will expand its video rental market into the US because the retailer's infrastructure wouldn't work to its advantage with video rentals. He also sees the window between theatrical and DVD releases shortening, which is a Good Thing." From the article: "The price of entry is much higher now than it was in the past, both in terms of the cost of locating warehouses and just the mere fact that Netflix and Blockbuster are both considerably larger now. McCarthy then said that Amazon is in the classic make-versus-buy dilemma, noting that the company can either start from scratch or try to acquire service through either an acquisition or partnership." Update 6/20: Barry McCarthy's position at Netflix corrected.

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  1. Unlike, Amazon.... by manifestcommunisto · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'm here first!

    Oh, wait...

  2. I can't wait... by CypherXero · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...until I become a CEO of a large company, so that I can tell other CEO's what to do and think!

    1. Re:I can't wait... by eclectro · · Score: 4, Funny

      ...until I become a CEO of a large company, so that I can tell other CEO's what to do and think!

      I can't wait until I become a CEO of a large company so that I can patent what other CEOs already do and think.

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      Take the cheese to sickbay, the doctor should see it as soon as possible - B'Elanna Torres, "Learning Curve"
    2. Re:I can't wait... by DAldredge · · Score: 2, Funny

      Political types and whores already have the entire field of screwing people over patented. :)

    3. Re:I can't wait... by AvantLegion · · Score: 2, Funny
      I'm the CEO of a company whose main function is to post on Slashdot.

      Your posts have no future. Please leave and let our company's posters handle things.

  3. Wow! by slavemowgli · · Score: 3, Funny

    CEO claims company is ahead of competition! News at 11.

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  4. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 4, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  5. Re:I can't wait...Other IMPORTANT CEO HEADLINES by darkPHi3er · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. Microsoft CEO sees no future for LINUX

    2. RHEL CEO sees no future for UNIX

    3. Google CEO sees no future for Yahoo!

    4. RIAA CEO sees no future for P2P

    5. CBS CEO sees no future for HBO

    6. Western Digital CEO sees no future for Lexar

    7. Oracle CEO sees no future for MySQL

    8. Sun CEO sees no future for Dell

    You read it here first!

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    Ten quid, she's so easy to blind. And not a word is spoken...
  6. Infohilsm! by rekrutacja · · Score: 2, Funny

    friend who is 20 years old and is one of those infoholics who accumulates data the way old women accumulate cats... he gets five or six movies a week, copies them all in a few hours, and sends back the originals without even watching them

    Infoholism... You should tell me that 10 years ago... Or at least before RSS was invented...

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    This Is Not a Sig
  7. Re:You're the wrong demographic by jackbird · · Score: 4, Funny
    accumulates data the way old women accumulate cats... copies them all in a few hours, and sends back the originals without even watching them.

    I've never heard of anyone doing that to a cat.