with a goal of meeting a Congressional mandate of finding 90 percent of objects larger than a kilometer in diameter by 2008.
How useless is that. How would anyone be able to know if you found 90% of the objects unless you knew how many objects there were. And if you knew that, then wouldn't you know 100%?
While I'm certain that dedicated Tivo Slashdotters will jump all over the story, I wanted to focus on the premise that simply because it is first, it will fail.
First movers suffer from the idea not being complete. Newton's handwriting recognition was dismal, making it impossible to rely on. Sure it was first, defined the category and created a model for others to improve upon, but it stunk.
Tivo is really well thought out. It doesn't crash, it has a simple intuitive interface, and it is fun to use. They take an incedibly complicated concept and reduce it to a remote control driven interface. Mircosoft crashed and burned with their ultimateTV mis-adventure trying to copy Tivo.
Tivo has some real first mover challenges since the concept is truly different. The authors disucssion about Recordable DVDs misses the point of Tivo's real value. Tivo makes it incredibly easy to record a bunch of shows and get to them. Anything with a removable medium means that you need to put the medium in to record. Tivo eliminates that. If I don't get to one of the 5 instances of Cheers that Tivo recorded for me, it prioritizes and overwrites.
First movers have the challange of balancing the desire to be first to market with the need to get the product right. Tivo's product is right on.
TiVo allows me to fast forward BAD commercials. I will back up to see a commercial that I recall as funny or a trailer for a movie that I want to see. Now I don't do this all the time, but how many times have you wished that you could rewind that VW 'Da Da Da' commercial or whatever clever commercial is your current fav.
TiVo allows you to control what you want to see. The Superbowl is a perfect example of people lining up to see the commercials. Commercials aren't bad...Bad commercials are bad.
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with a goal of meeting a Congressional mandate of finding 90 percent of objects larger than a kilometer in diameter by 2008.
How useless is that. How would anyone be able to know if you found 90% of the objects unless you knew how many objects there were. And if you knew that, then wouldn't you know 100%?
While I'm certain that dedicated Tivo Slashdotters will jump all over the story, I wanted to focus on the premise that simply because it is first, it will fail. First movers suffer from the idea not being complete. Newton's handwriting recognition was dismal, making it impossible to rely on. Sure it was first, defined the category and created a model for others to improve upon, but it stunk. Tivo is really well thought out. It doesn't crash, it has a simple intuitive interface, and it is fun to use. They take an incedibly complicated concept and reduce it to a remote control driven interface. Mircosoft crashed and burned with their ultimateTV mis-adventure trying to copy Tivo. Tivo has some real first mover challenges since the concept is truly different. The authors disucssion about Recordable DVDs misses the point of Tivo's real value. Tivo makes it incredibly easy to record a bunch of shows and get to them. Anything with a removable medium means that you need to put the medium in to record. Tivo eliminates that. If I don't get to one of the 5 instances of Cheers that Tivo recorded for me, it prioritizes and overwrites. First movers have the challange of balancing the desire to be first to market with the need to get the product right. Tivo's product is right on.
TiVo allows me to fast forward BAD commercials. I will back up to see a commercial that I recall as funny or a trailer for a movie that I want to see. Now I don't do this all the time, but how many times have you wished that you could rewind that VW 'Da Da Da' commercial or whatever clever commercial is your current fav. TiVo allows you to control what you want to see. The Superbowl is a perfect example of people lining up to see the commercials. Commercials aren't bad...Bad commercials are bad.