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Amazon to Enter the Online DVD Rental Business

Posted by samzenpus on from the rental-race dept.

ChrisF79 writes "Wired News is reporting that Amazon.com is hiring programmers to work with online dvd rentals. From the article: "Advertising for positions based at the company's Seattle headquarters, the listings seek engineers to help in 'building systems and algorithms that must move inventory between our fulfillment centers and our customers in a way that gives customers exactly what they want, when they want it.' The postings indicate they are specifically for an online DVD rental service." Netflix seems to have a stronghold on the market so despite numerous advantages for Amazon, especially economies of scale, can Amazon enter the market and surpass Netflix?"

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  1. unlimited online rentals !!!!??? by anandpur · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Can some one please explein this to me, both Netflix and BlockBuster advertise service as "unlimited online rentals" How can some one rent UNLIMITED DVD a month. Do thay have "UNLIMITED" DVD in store? There is a limit like 10-24 DVD a month (3 out plan) or We have 45K DVD titles. rent as musch as you like. How is this UNLIMITED?

  2. My first post! by ChrisF79 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Woot, as an aside, I finally got my first story posted on the front page of slashdot... Love the site, hope to keep being able to contribute.

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    1. Re:My first post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Congratulations also on your first [maybe] vacuous comment!

  3. In Soviet Russia... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In Soviet Russia, DVD Rents YOU!