Tarantino Wants Third 'Bill' in 15 Years (AP)

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Quentin Tarantino bl0g

Quentin Tarantino bl0g 08/27/2004 01:39 PM
A cool new blog has surfaced. Apperantly its Quentin Trantinos own blog. From the writing I have read so far it seems likely it is....

THE QUENTIN TARANTINO ARCHIVES

THE QUENTIN TARANTINO ARCHIVES 04/24/2004 10:20 AM
Kill Bill movie references guide .. comprehensive list of movies .. drawn up a list

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Quentin Tarantino Admits That Film
Copying Isn't Always So Bad

Quentin Tarantino Admits That Film
Copying Isn't Always So Bad 05/11/2004 03:16 PM
While the entertainment industry continues to stick by its hardline stance that any kind of copying or file sharing is bad and harms sales, they can't be thrilled that Quentin Tarantino stood up at an "anti-piracy conference" and told everyone that copying movies isn't all bad. In fact, he admits that he bought a bunch of bootleg movies that were hard to find in order to recreate certain scenes for his latest movie, Kill Bill. On top of that, he says he's happy that Kill Bill is being pirated in China since there's no other way for people to see it there. Just like in the music industry, it appears that those people who the RIAA and MPAA claim they're trying to "protect" realize the issue is a bit more complicated than the world is being told.

Reservoir bl0gs: Fan fakes Tarantino
diary

Reservoir bl0gs: Fan fakes Tarantino
diary 08/27/2004 01:42 PM
A would-be fan of writer and director Quentin Tarantino creates a pulp fiction of his own.

Moore y Tarantino piden que se copien
sus obras

Moore y Tarantino piden que se copien
sus obras 07/04/2004 08:32 PM

Valenti Angry With Tarantino, Wants To
Sue File Sharers

Valenti Angry With Tarantino, Wants To
Sue File Sharers 05/17/2004 04:21 PM
How about a celebrity boxing match between Quentin Tarantino and Jack Valenti? Last week Tarantino spoke at an "anti-piracy" conference and made the case that movie piracy isn't so bad in many cases. However, by not sticking to the script, Tarantino has apparently upset MPAA head Jack Valenti. It's a little unclear what was said, but from the article linked here, it sounds like Valenti was threatening Tarantino. He tells him that it's time to "get on-board" with the industry's anti-piracy efforts. However, there doesn't appear to be an "or else," which certainly makes it sound like quite the idle threat. However, he's also threatening file sharers, and is basically admitting that the MPAA is likely to follow in the RIAA's footsteps and start directly suing end users. Valenti warns: "Suppose you can [download] a movie in five minutes, piracy will explode like a pandemic." Mr. Valenti's track record in such predictions isn't so hot. After all, he's the guy who predicted the VCR would kill the movie industry just before it (oh, that's right) saved the industry.

My Crate and Barrel Moment with Quentin
Tarantino

My Crate and Barrel Moment with Quentin
Tarantino 04/19/2004 09:45 AM
Well, you could call it that. Christen Nelson's blog entry about her chance encounter with filmmaker Quentin Tarantino at a shopping mall in Los Angeles. Ms. Nelson is an actor and former member of the infamous Groundlings Theatre, and was recently cast for a new Rob Reiner television pilot.

"That's a dynamite purse. Where'd you get it?" As I turned to respond to the question and the little bells in my head went off alerting me to the fact that the voice I heard sounded just like Quentin... oh my God I would recognize that big bell pepper of a head anywhere... Tarantino!

My pink vinyl purse with two black cats joined at the tail often generates conversation, had I known that the man who brought me Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction would engage me in conversation I would have paid 10 times the price. So I said,"ohIgotitinCanadafouryearsagoitssupersturdyanditholdseverythingbe causeit'sjustonebigcompartmentIloveit. I don't mean to be a gay jackass but... you're Quentin Tarantino AND YOU ARE THE BALLS!" Seriously that is what I said.

Link (Thanks, Shane)

Tarantino endorses Chinese Internet
piracy of Kill Bill

Tarantino endorses Chinese Internet
piracy of Kill Bill 05/11/2004 03:17 PM
Quentin Tarantino thinks that Internet movie piracy isn't all bad:

In the case of China, I'm glad they're pirating [Kill Bill]. In a closed Communist country I'd rather be seen than not seen.

Link

"Hollywood bl0gger runs into Quentin
Tarantino at the mall, registers for
wedding presents"

"Hollywood bl0gger runs into Quentin
Tarantino at the mall, registers for
wedding presents" 04/20/2004 03:11 AM

Hollywood bl0gger runs into Quentin
Tarantino at the mall, they then
register for wedding presents

Hollywood bl0gger runs into Quentin
Tarantino at the mall, they then
register for wedding presents 04/19/2004 05:40 PM
Personal account of hanging with Tarantino .. HOLLYWOODLOG: Spontaneous Days

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Software That Lasts For Years And Years

Software That Lasts For Years And Years 07/14/2004 06:51 PM
We were just talking about the rise of quick and dirty programs as a way for individuals (not necessarily programmers) to solve specific needs. However, as was mentioned at the time, that would be a different "tier" of software programming, and there would still be a need for programmers to do higher level "big" projects. In the past, we've also discussed the problem of data extinction, where old computer systems and formats die out, leaving content and applications virtually useless on ancient media. This is a big problem for many applications, and Dan Bricklin is now suggesting that people need to start designing "Societal Infrastructure Software" that can last for centuries, not just a few years. The idea is that this type of software shouldn't have to worry about new computers or new formats or new anything... but will be able to just keep on working. In order to build this, though, Bricklin believes it will require embracing open source programming, though not necessarily the way people view open source programming today. It's a fascinating concept, but getting people to think long-term is so difficult these days, that you wonder if such ideas will actually catch on.

Four more years

Four more years 12/19/2004 03:55 PM
Bush is reelected President of the United States of America. Four more years of abuse, torture, murder, ignorance and selfishness will follow.

Five years, one day

Five years, one day 01/22/2004 02:19 PM

Yesterday I realized it has been five years since Evan and I founded Pyra, the company that led to Blogger. We used to have a company weblog called pyrAlert! (actually the software we wrote to publish pyrAlert! was what lead to the creation of Blogger). This morning Paulo wrote to point out that pyrAlert! is still online and you can go back into the archives and read what was going on at Pyra in 1999. You may also notice that there are no permalinks on any of the posts, because these posts were made BP, or before permalink! It's funny to see the kind of stuff we used to write about.

Five years

Five years 01/22/2004 02:36 AM
Meg just wrote and pointed out that Pyra was incorporated five years ago today.

10 Years Ago

10 Years Ago 12/30/2004 04:35 AM

OK - so I didn't mark this exactly with an October 12th anninversary - but it was 10 years ago that Dave Winer first 'blogged' me - rapping out my Marc's 10 Things.

In honor of this auspicious anniversary - I'd like to comment on or update many of these claims on things that the media should be covering on Multimedia and Interactive TV but isn't.

I wrote (in 1994):

Interactive Music Videos

1. Interactive Liner notes are great. Repackaged old music is fine, but MediaBand has started a new category - called Interactive Music Videos - which are original pieces that combine songs, music videos and videogames. It's a new artform that breaks down the barrier between artist, musician and programmer.

I was in the midst of pushing our 'MediaBand' interactive music video ensemble in 1994 - which put out a CD ROM, performed live, had a screenplay and had it'sd own broadband network to interact with folks - in real-time.

So I was seriously into brow beating all my colleagues who simply licensed Bob Dylan or Prince and cranked out shitty ass CD ROMs. To me - that really missed the essence of what was possible combining, music, video and interactivity.

To this day, this new artform is just kind of bubbling beneath the surface - not really making it out. Dance Dance Revolution is the sign of times - now.

BTW a young artist named Moby took some of our MediaBand Director files and added his own artwork and music to it. :-)

Kid's Content

2. Kids today see the twitchy-ness of Nintendo and they see the production values of MTV. Multimedia today is neither. We need to combine the interactivity of Nintendo with the production values of MTV.

This area certainly has matured and grown. We were in the videogame business back in '81-'83, but we never dreamed that gaming would be so 'off the hook' - as it is today.

But Mimi (my daughter) has a great time playing with the Barbie fashion Designer software - and Dora the Explorer rocks. So I'd say this category has fulfilled it's destiny. At least so far.

CD ROMs

3. We didn't call it a floppy disk industry, so how come it's a CD ROM industry? In fact CD ROM [mentality] is holding back the creativity and growth of the entire interactive digital media industry.

Just take out CD ROM and insert 'web'. Same problem exists today. This is why we have CMSs.

I call the solution to this challenge "scalable content". In fact we were using this term way back in '94. Marqui outputs scalable content - BTW.

So CMSs have matured and we don't have to convince folks to de-couple their content from their form anymore. Thank goodness.

Scalable Content

4. Scalable content is an important concept when developing interactive media today. You don't want to design yourself into a corner, letting the technology define the content. Ideally you'd let the content define the technology. Scalability means downsizing through compression, it means user interfaces that work with both single and multiple users, it means getting ready for Interactive TV.

OK - so I just correlated how CD ROMs 'holding back' creativity were similar to what happened with 'the web'. And I said that we called that Scalable Content.

Now let's take my definition of Scalable Content (back then in '94) and extend that to mean 'dynamic user interfaces' - that adjust themselves to who you are, what level of technology you feel comfortable with and what content you've created yourself.

It's amazing to me to read what I said in 1994, and see how these words influenced my thoughts and ideas over the past 10 years and how some of these ideas remain unchanged, while others have morphed and adapted themselves to world today.

The word 'scalability' is just so malleable that you can twist and turn it to mean anything you want it to mean. But is IT clear - that us humans need to be in charge much more of our user experiences - and THAT's a key part of 'activity based computing'.

Audio

5. The classic line is "Audio is the orphan child of multimedia" - why do people still say this? What is behind the hodge-podge of audio - especially on the PC? How come it's taken so long for manufacturers to include audio on their motherboards? In 1984 it was $3 in parts!

MIDI II?

6. What about MIDI? How many people know what that is? Why isn't there an advanced MIDI format in place? The original MIDI frequency standard (32k) is based a 1Mhz crystal readily available in 1982.But what's the problem today? Why hasn't MIDI evolved and grown?

RAM

7. RAM apparently is not following along the path of Moore's Law. The price is still where it was 5 years ago and systems are suffering. Today MPC II is still speced at only 4M - MediaBand needs 8M. Standard business systems should have at least 16M TODAY!

Tee Hee Hee.

You see I'm a musician by training and we put out the first music product for computers that had a piano timeline notational system, qurter note and eigth notes and a piano and real-time interaction. That was 1984.

So 10 years after that - in 1994 - I was bitching about.... well it's now 10 years later and we still don;t have clean audio solved. But we're getting pretty close. Podcastign is evidence of that.

Time stamp - Dec. 2004 - $60 for a 128M MP3 player. Retail price.

MIDI II got usurped by all sorts of things - including OSC - I keynoted at their conference this summer.

Amd I just love to see Shawn Fanning appear in "The Italian Job" and just adore the notion that Mark Cuban sold broadcast.com for $5.6B.

All this is evidence that they'll be plenty more Googles, Netscapes and Eminems.

Set top tests waste of time?

8. The whole industry hopped when John Malone announced he was going to deploy one million set top boxes with MPEG chips in them. Once it became clear that he was practicing FUD, everyone backed off of their predictions, delayed their test trials and are now waiting for the next thing to react to. The tests going on (or planned to start soon) are not based upon the same technology or even marketing premises. What good will these tests do? Will any of these tests actually grow into a real service network.

Interactive Commercials

9. What exactly is an Interactive TV commercial. Lots of people talk about it, but no one does them.

This one is dedicated to Om Mailk. I hope to see him tomorrow night at the Geek Dinner.

I spent allot of the 90's waiting for and explaining why set top boxes suck. They still do. Oh well.

Set top boxes have always been a kind of thorn in my side. In fact I hope to get a Comcast PVR setup in time for the Alias 2 hour season premiere on Jan. 5th. Wanna guess how long it'll take to get?

And the Interactive Ads future - is in John Battelle's able hands. Search meets ads in the valley of the targeted consumer. It's finally here.

Support?

10. Where's the support? As the industry moves towards 900 # support and low priced consumer software, what happens to support? Dealers obviously can't supply it. Is this a new growth market?

Well we're still looking for good Support.

I don't think that will ever change.

OK - so that's it - my 10 year update. I hope you enjoyed it.

Also - how symbolic that Dave's post show's my old Applelink address which went back to 1985. We were the 10th Mac developer. That's why I was D0010.

Six years!

Six years! 04/09/2004 04:11 PM
Time is flying by so quickly these days, so I didn't notice on March 14th that this weblog is now six years old. Except for the basics (eating, sleeping, remaining alive), I've never stuck with anything for six years straight, so it's hard for me to believe I'm still here doing this. Six years!...

74 Years Old

74 Years Old 08/05/2004 11:29 PM
"The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Kennedy and by him referred to the Court is denied." Hours later, James Hubbard is injected with lethal chemicals and dies in Atmore, Alabama. Hubbard , convicted of a 1977 murder, was 74 years old, demented, and retarded. File this one under "it's not cruel and unusual if you don't know what's happening to you."

"three to four years old."

"three to four years old." 08/03/2004 02:42 PM

10 years

10 years 06/05/2005 11:06 PM
On his site's tenth anniversary, Zeldman thanks you for the memories.

Five years!

Five years! 03/19/2003 10:24 PM
The first post to this weblog was made on March 14, 1998, making it five years old last week. I'm trying to recall where all

Three Years On

Three Years On 09/11/2004 09:19 AM
Three Years On A sobering analysis by Juan Cole of the strategic motivation behind 9/11.

Are You Better Off Now Than You Were
Four Years Ago?

Are You Better Off Now Than You Were
Four Years Ago? 09/11/2004 12:25 PM
Stop being economic girly-men .. statistics never lie

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Seven years

Seven years 03/19/2005 02:37 AM

I started kottke.org seven years ago this week. I forget the anniversary until after the fact every year even though I know it's sometime in March (for whatever reason almost everything important in my life has happened in March, at least for the last few years). Seven years is way longer than I would have guessed keeping the site going on a near-daily basis...it's the longest I've ever done anything, even longer than all but a handful of friendships. So happy birthday, old friend, it's been fun. (0sil8 started in March as well...nine years ago.)

Three Years Since

Three Years Since 09/12/2004 04:38 PM
I left work on September 10th at 9:00 PM. An hour before, my coworker was getting nervous. She was leaving on a trip to Italy on the 12th and wanted to meet me at 8:30 AM on the 11th to go over what projects of hers I needed to steer in her absence. I rolled my eyes and complained that no one schedules meetings at 8:30 in the morning, and convinced her to postpone the meeting to 10:00 AM.

4AD - The First 20 Years (brief)

4AD - The First 20 Years (brief) 04/14/2004 06:22 AM
An illustrated history of 4AD Records

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Five Years, That's All We've Got

Five Years, That's All We've Got 12/13/2003 11:02 PM
Much has changed at evolt.org over its five years. Much has not. We are the change we want to see in the world.

Two Years

Two Years 06/17/2005 06:08 PM
... ago today, the Pie wiki was created.  During that period, we had interminable naming discussions, a lengthy process of selecting a standards body, endless discussion on dates, and a last call. One week from today, format-09 is scheduled to be reviewed by the IESG.

Yahoo! is ten years old

Yahoo! is ten years old 03/14/2005 04:24 PM

Yahoo! turned ten years old this week which makes me feel like I'm about ready for the retirement home. As part of their celebration, they put up a copy of their home page from 1995. I poked around a little and found a copy from December 1994 from when the site was still hosted at Stanford on a server called akebono. To do it up right, download an early version of Mosaic or Netscape, change your screen resolution to 640x480 with 256 colors, and surf the page that way. Just don't blame me if you get all weepy after seeing the gray background and pulsing N in the corner of the browser.

Note: I have no idea if any of these browsers will even work on OS X or Windows XP...you might need to dust off that 486 running Win95 or a 7100 running System 8.

100 years of Einstein!

100 years of Einstein! 12/31/2004 01:53 AM
Einstein's miraculous centenary - "A century after Einstein's miracle year, most people still do not understand exactly what it was he did. Here, we attempt to elucidate." [oh a nd, al so see :]

My Marvel Years

My Marvel Years 04/29/2004 05:01 AM
My Marvel Years. [via, via]

This will seem quaint 10 years from now

This will seem quaint 10 years from now 07/19/2004 03:06 PM
Wouldn't it be great if you could get the weather from a poorly synthesized computer-generated voice? Well, now you can. Call 1-888-573-8255 and ask Jupiter what the weather is like, or will be like, for nearly any city you want. (via Cool Tools)

MUGs look at 20 years of Mac ads

MUGs look at 20 years of Mac ads 07/28/2004 10:58 AM
Two Mac User Groups (MUGs) have scheduled a presentation called "Twenty Mac Years: The History of the Macintosh Through the Advertisements of Apple" to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Mac...

Groove, four years later

Groove, four years later 05/04/2004 12:25 PM
I recently met with Groove's Jack Ozzie and Michael Helfrich. Jack is a co-founder and VP, development; Michael is VP, applied technology. The subject, of course, was the forthcoming V3 of Groove, a product I first saw in beta four years ago this spring. We had a wide-ranging discussion; here are some of the key takeaway points. ...

Ichiro: four more years

Ichiro: four more years 12/18/2003 03:43 PM
Ichiro agreed to a new four-year deal with the Mariners. Whew!

Big Fat Lies, two years later

Big Fat Lies, two years later 07/15/2004 01:27 PM
Low-carb jumps the shark? More than half of all Americans who've tried low-carb diets have given up, a new survey found. Is this the latest indication that the Atkins fad has peaked? Two years ago this month, Gary Taubes kicked it off with a NYT Magazine cover story arguing that emerging science proved Atkins right and the nurtition establishment wrong. A couple small, short-term studies released shortly thereafter seemed to show he was on to something. But there were problems with the "Big Fat Lie" piece: CNN found that three of the researchers Taubes cited completely disagreed with his main premise. Worse, it turned out Taubes had claimed low-fat diets don't work while ignoring the vast body of peer-reviewed evidence to the contrary, and more of his sources came forward to say things like "I was greatly offended by how Gary Taubes tricked us all into coming across as supporters of the Atkins diet. I think he’s a dangerous man. I’m sorry I ever talked to him." [More Inside]

100 Years of Macintosh

100 Years of Macintosh 01/01/2004 03:18 AM
Zero seconds on the Mac OS system clock is January 1, 1904. The Mac OS epoch hits 100 years ... now. That's assuming you live in the Pacific time zone, anyway: ...

30 years of the internet

30 years of the internet 01/01/2004 01:03 AM
BBC Jan 1 2004 0:16AM ET

Ari Fleischer: Still saying nothing
after all these years

Ari Fleischer: Still saying nothing
after all these years 03/14/2005 06:14 PM
The former Bush White House press secretary's memoir is long on praise for his boss and criticism of the "liberal" media, and short on revelations.

Bob Edwards: 30 Years on NPR

Bob Edwards: 30 Years on NPR 05/01/2004 03:41 AM
A tribute to Bob Edwards from the people who kicked him upstairs .. Bob Edwards: 30 Years on NPR .. Those bastards

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U.S.-N.Korea Meeting Offers Chance to
Discuss Deals

U.S.-N.Korea Meeting Offers Chance to
Discuss Deals 06/24/2004 09:34 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jun 24 2004 2:02PM GMT

Quentin Knows

Quentin Knows 11/04/2003 08:43 AM
We went to see Quentin Tarantino's new movie, Kill Bill. It's a masterpiece. It's comedy, drama and tragedy but,...

Report: Brandy, Quentin Richardson
Engaged (AP)

Report: Brandy, Quentin Richardson
Engaged (AP) 07/29/2004 01:42 PM
AP - Singer-actress Brandy is engaged to basketball player Quentin Richardson, People magazine reported Thursday.

Longhorn follow-up: Quentin Clark
interview

Longhorn follow-up: Quentin Clark
interview 07/20/2004 11:33 AM
The Longhorn cover story ran this week. It includes a m ain story, an interview with Quentin Clark, and an interview with Miguel de Icaza and Brendan Eich. Here are some outtakes from my interview with Quentin Clark, director of program management for WinFS. ...

Live Meeting 2005 Add-in: Live Meeting
Add-in for PowerPoint

Live Meeting 2005 Add-in: Live Meeting
Add-in for PowerPoint 04/13/2005 01:55 AM
With the Microsoft® Office Live Meeting Add-In for PowerPoint, you can create Live Meeting presentations directly in the Microsoft PowerPoint® presentation graphics program.

U vant Video meeting? Chav I got video
meeting for U!

U vant Video meeting? Chav I got video
meeting for U! 08/17/2004 03:24 PM

Marc Eisenstadt shows off his new baby....

If FlashMeeting 2 isn't the bee's knees, then I don't know what is. The replay capability, shown on the right, is actually described separately on the CNM Memo page, but is part of the same technology family.



Other super-cool features, not yet widely available, include the ability for me to 'quick-book' just-in-time meetings directly via a chatbot, handily available on my Jabber buddy list... neato! One-line command (indeed one-word command) does the trick, and then I've got a URL I can broadcast to my buddies to join the meeting with one click: no downloads, no installation, no setup, and way simpler than Breeze-y stuff, though based on the same underlying technology.



Congrats to Jon Linney and Kevin Quick on Peter Scott's awesome team!





[My Dog]

Live Meeting 2005 Document: Live Meeting
2005 API Reference Guide

Live Meeting 2005 Document: Live Meeting
2005 API Reference Guide 04/11/2005 11:08 AM

Second Chance? Not Likely

Second Chance? Not Likely 06/24/2005 09:40 PM
Second Chance soft body armor manufacturer faces another recall of its product.

A second chance

A second chance 07/30/2004 01:53 AM
USA Today Jul 30 2004 6:02AM GMT

Here's your big chance

Here's your big chance 09/24/2004 06:29 PM
Since we know Jim Lehrer will be hitting refresh on War Room all next week to bone up for his big moment as moderator of the first presidential debate next Thursday, let's make it a little easier on the guy.

last chance to see What's My Line

last chance to see What's My Line 12/19/2004 03:48 PM

It's Wednesday, and that means it's time for the weekly reminder that I'll be appearing at the Acme Comedy Theatre tonight for What's My Line? Live on Stage! As always, the show starts at 8, and more details can be found at j.keith.net, including a two-for-one discount.

This is the last show we're doing for this season, so if you've been putting it off, tonight would be a good time to come out and see us. You could try to come out next week, I suppose, but the show will be 95% - 100% less funny. Your personal funny will vary according to how willing you are to stare at an empty theatre.

Thanks to a TON of writing, the restarting of my exercise program, and a melatonin, I've actually slept straight through the last two nights, and I haven't woken with the headache and stiff neck. Thank you to everyone who shared in my insomnia pain. Your advice and sympathy is very much appreciated.

Microsoft's last chance with EU

Microsoft's last chance with EU 11/11/2003 06:48 PM
Australian IT Nov 11 2003 4:40PM ET

Second-Chance Investing

Second-Chance Investing 05/05/2004 07:00 AM
Paul Elliott suspects that RedEnvelope's glitch can be fixed.

ValueClick's Second Chance

ValueClick's Second Chance 08/04/2004 09:57 AM
A high-flying stock descends, providing a compelling opportunity to hop on board.

Chance to Buy May Be in the Cards

Chance to Buy May Be in the Cards 05/10/2004 11:39 AM
TheStreet.com May 10 2004 3:44PM GMT

Your Last Chance At Luke

Your Last Chance At Luke 03/28/2005 08:03 PM
Sideshow has a last chance at their amazing Luke Skywalker statue due to a few credit declines and cancellations. Don't miss it again.

Microsoft Gives P2P a Chance with SDK

Microsoft Gives P2P a Chance with SDK 02/26/2003 11:26 AM
The software giant intros a beta software development kit for the creation of decentralized applications.

Love's second chance

Love's second chance 02/14/2003 02:10 PM
But Vinton and Hesse's love story wasn't finished. One month ago, Hesse was finally able to track down Vinton using google.com. ...

Vivato's Last Chance

Vivato's Last Chance 01/17/2004 11:07 PM
Business 2.0 reports that Vivato has run through most of its money without selling much product [subscription required]: Matt Maier discloses a number of facts about Vivato, the high-flying antenna/switch company with the phased-array system that could span kilometers of open-source or entire floors of buildings. The initial antenna is apparently no longer in production, and it had only 50 customers and $3 million in revenue last year. Maier reports that the company has burned through most of its money and lost or let go many staffers at all levels of the company. A new CEO, interim since October and now fully in charge, plans to slash research and development in favor of less-cutting edge products. Maier concludes that Vivato is finally planning to launch its follow-up product in February: a switch based on the faster 802.11g standard. If it fails, Vivato isn't likely to get another chance....

Tarantino Wants Third 'Bill' in 15 Years (AP)

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