The ups and down of "digital technology" development projects can seem baffling. I work in very tiny little corner of the big business that will (thankfully...) never grab the headlines but I also watch some of the "rockstars" of the industry get beaten up worse than golf balls in a blender...
The guy that lead the team at Apple that created the iPod and then went on to be founder of the firm that revolutionized how tech savvy people monitor / protect their homes has been shown the door Nest --
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/04/technology/tony-fadell-nest-google-alphabet.htmlA while back Jim Barton, the guy that was the "tech" behind TiVo was similarly politely pushed out --
http://www.cnet.com/news/tivo-co-founder-and-cto-jim-barton-steps-down/ Timelines for efforts like these are so unpredictable and often get so costly that it is wonder that The Outlaws disclose as much as they do. Fortunately it does not seem like that even the most "booster driven" sources see 4K taking over anytime soon, so there is really no rush and I hope the Outlaw's past wisdom in preferring to offer the RIGHT solution over the fast solution continues to be the value-oriented way for those of us that know what we want...
http://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/E...deo-111408.aspx
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