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0 pointsgscott8y ago0 comments

They needed to give those away like AOL did with discs.

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Giving away hardware that hackers would love to play with is very different from giving away CD's that can only be alternatively used as drink coasters and for art projects.

Remember CueCat?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CueCat#Failure

gscottOP8y ago

If they can make those glasses cheap enough, it would be good marketing. The CueCat people didn't want to drag that around and scan things.

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deftnerd8y ago

Giving away hardware that hackers would love to play with is very different from giving away CD's that can only be alternatively used as drink coasters and for art projects.

Remember CueCat?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CueCat#Failure

gscottOP8y ago

If they can make those glasses cheap enough, it would be good marketing. The CueCat people didn't want to drag that around and scan things.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse