[mythtv-users] looks like ananova pulled the plug on tv_grab_uk
Mark Cooper
mythtv-users at mcooper.demon.co.uk
Sat Jan 24 03:15:20 EST 2004
For those who haven't been following the DigiGuide forum...this latest
staff post says it all really:-
> We have no sales people.
>
> There's no "anti-Linux" feeling as such. More of a; Where's the
market > in selling expensive data at an insanely low price to a niche
market.
>
> Linux is a niche market, get used to it. I would imagine it's
> like being a vegan and trying to find something to eat at
> fairground. >Perhaps things will change...but when Linus himself
> says that Linux on >the desktop is 5 to 10 years away I wouldn't
> recommend holding ones >breath.
*sigh* Seems like a company run by windoze coders with zero
marketing/sales ability :( Maybe setting up a UK company to market the
data *is* the right approach - if these guys can do it, anyone should be
able too!!
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Mark Cooper
http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/ - Open Source PVR Hardware Database
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