While it's an interesting post (and in general I completely agree with the notion of hubris v. humility), I think the author chose a couple of bad examples. TiV

While it's an interesting post (and in general I completely agree with the notion of hubris v. humility), I think the author chose a couple of bad examples. TiVo vs. Blackberry is a complete apples to oranges comparison. Forget that one is a "productivity tool", while the other is strictly for entertainment. Or that one is in a rapidly growing market (mobile devices) while the other is fighting in a dying market entrenched with DRM, copyrights and other such bullshit. Another big piece he's missing: through 1999-2003 blackberry had enterprise sales teams selling into companies driving corporate adoption, vs. TiVo being the redheaded stepchild that none the satellite and cable providers wanted anything to do with. Not to mention they would later ape it's features, or in the case of tivo/directTV fuck the consumer over completely.