http://www.brendonwilson.com/blog/2005/02/22/not-tivoted/ The personal web site of Brendon J. Wilson, a software developer, technologist, and entrepreneur living in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:24:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.brendonwilson.com/blog/2005/02/22/not-tivoted/comment-page-1/#comment-323 Jesse Malm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.brendonwilson.com/blog/?p=219#comment-323 There are <a href="http://www.macobserver.com/columns/devilsadvocate/2005/20050121.shtml">speculations</a> that someone like Microsoft, Apple, or Sony might pony up the cash and buy TiVo. It depends if TiVo management wants to try taking on the big boys head-on or settle for cash. A potential way of forcing a buyout is threatening to open-source their device. I think we know what TiVo's potential buyers think of OSS, but would these guys pay a premium to keep TiVo proprietary and control the related patents and IP? There are speculations that someone like Microsoft, Apple, or Sony might pony up the cash and buy TiVo. It depends if TiVo management wants to try taking on the big boys head-on or settle for cash. A potential way of forcing a buyout is threatening to open-source their device. I think we know what TiVo’s potential buyers think of OSS, but would these guys pay a premium to keep TiVo proprietary and control the related patents and IP?

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