| [Rant] ...another interesting article | ANN.lu |
| Posted on 30-Nov-2003 18:32 GMT by bbrv | 56 comments
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Here is a New York Times Magazine article about Apple, the iPod, marketing, product development and management.
We contend that this Community can produce a Super TiVo-like device that integrates the network into the use of the content itself. The Pegasos is building block #1 to any competent computing environment and the necessary tool required by the developer support enlisted to customize the platform for consumer use. A Pegasos computer is a desktop machine. A Pegasos computer enclosed in a fan-less VCR-like size case becomes a consumer product: a black box. The Pegasos black box operates equally well with a television screen or a computer monitor. The Pegasos black box could come with its own file sharing and downloading programs -- music, movies, video games – a preference is selected, a source found, the entertainment begins. The technology would be invisible to the entertainment experience. The consumer manages the experience through an easily understood user interface with a remote control or through a web browser and a keyboard for more sophisticated users. As the hub of the Home Entertainment Center high fidelity sound/audio can now be introduced through the 24/7 broadband Internet connection to bring existing home stereo equipment back into use. Here the Pegasos black box can be positioned to be a consumer product that would do to a TV set what MP3 did to music – any show any time.
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| Posted by bbrv on 30-Nov-2003 20:48 GMT | In reply to Comment 21 (Amon_Re):
You actually bring up a good point. Where is the PS going? For that matter where are the XBox and the GameCube going?
The Power PC...
If we are going to have a black box we will need a Pegasos Workstation.
As the broader market opportunity continues to develop, the Pegasos can progressively meet the demands of the application developer market. As the platform supports multiple operating systems and applications, it will become a Development Machine for multiple platforms. With multiple operating systems running on the Pegasos and development in synch with IBM CPU evolution, the Pegasos is poised to introduce a major paradigm shift. The Pegasos will be the only multi-OS development machine that will feature a 970 IBM CPU on the commercial market in 2004. In the meanwhile, consumer products will continue the trend toward greater computer functionality. MorphOS, which requires far less memory to run than any version of MacOS, Windows or Linux, will be ready to meet this convergence with an efficient and fully featured offering.
Certainly, other operating systems could follow the same route.
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