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Cisco Eyeing Tivo/Nintendo for Buyout?
We've already covered Cisco's push into the home electronics market, but CNet is reporting that they may be planning even bigger purchases to come. The article speculates that Cisco may be planning on purchasing Tivo or Nintendo to add to their growing portfolio of companies. From the article: " Another possible acquisition candidate for Cisco is Nintendo, the No. 3 game console maker in the U.S. A stretch? Not really. Microsoft, which is emerging as a key competitor to Cisco in the home entertainment market, is already in this market with the Xbox 360. Gaming has already proved to be a strong application for broadband, so it makes sense that Cisco would want to own a game device to help drive more traffic on its network. With its popular GameBoy product, Nintendo would also provide Cisco an entree into the mobile-handheld market." Some commentary at GameDailyBiz, which finds it unlikely that Nintendo would sell to Cisco.
Am going to have to get another CCNA (Certified Cicso Nintendo Administrator) certification.
Is it just me, or do you hate it when people say "Is it just me..."?
you know... wrote the thong song.
Nintendo will never sell to Cisco willingly. When Microsoft tried to buy them out (for a LOT of money), Hiroshi supposedly stood on a chair and told Ballmer to "suck his tiny yellow balls." There's some denial about the interview after the fact now, so might be BS but it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if it were true.
Cistendo? Nintenco? Nincisco? Nisco? Nintencis?
The story goes that the Nintendo President told Ballmer to "suck my tiny yellow balls". Nintendo says that this is a hoax, the interview with Wired where this story was allegedly told never happened, and they seem to have a good enough sense of humor about it to make me think 1) it really is a hoax and 2) if MS tried to buy Nintendo (assuming they haven't already) the response would practically if not literally be the same.
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The captain on Deep Space Nine?
Uhm, yeah. That makes just about as much sense as an asphalt producer buying Ford so that its cars would drive up the demand for pavement.
I vote that someone buy both TiVo and Nintendo. I don't care that Microsoft is pushing for the X-Box an all-in-one media center. The holy grail of media centers will be my new NinTeVo Revolution Series 3.
I'm looking forward to the Japanese imports such as "Doodle Doodle Doodle" where you have to draw mustaches as fast as you can on the incoming TV feed.
If this signature is witty enough, maybe somebody will like me.
Disney/Pixar to buy out Nintendo so Apple can aquire a games console platform to move into the living room. Taco Bell to buy out Depends diapers for adults because the two seem to go hand in hand after a stuffed burrito. See, I can do it too, it's a lot of fun.
Cisco want a 100+ year old playing card company anyway?
If you ignore the other uses of a tool, does that make the tool less useful, or you less useful?
The cartridges were *big*. :-o
NINTENDISCO!!!
Cisco should buy Nabisco too! Then they could call the company: Ninabicisco!
After that, it's only a matter of buying the rights to John Travolta's movies, and they could then be a true media company:
Ninabicidisco. Home entertainment, home networking, home food, and home music. A true media conglomerate.
Thanks a lot. Now I have the image of a sweaty Italian plumber dressed like John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever.
I shan't be sleeping tonight...