Comments on: Patent Everything http://thestoragearchitect.com/2007/08/08/patent-everything/ Storage, Virtualisation & Cloud Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:47:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: the storage anarchist http://thestoragearchitect.com/2007/08/08/patent-everything/#comment-135 the storage anarchist Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:53:00 +0000 http://thestoragearchitect.wordpress.com/2007/08/08/patent-everything/#comment-135 Similar story - back in 1998 or so, I was at a sales dinner at S&W in NYC, and myself and another guy where chatting about home theater technology (back before HT was even an acronym ;). Anyway, the two of us converged on this idea of a remote control device that could be automatically programmed to control the equipment in your HT configuration, downloading profiles and IR codes as necessary from a central library on the Internet that would be built by the users. <br/><br/>It sounded like a HUGE idea at the moment, but later we just figured it was all the wine that made it sound so inspirational.<br/><br/>I kick myself HARD every time I pick up my Pronto or one of the 3 Logitech Harmony's that I own.<br/><br/>Like you, I hope I get a second chance. Similar story – back in 1998 or so, I was at a sales dinner at S&W in NYC, and myself and another guy where chatting about home theater technology (back before HT was even an acronym ;) . Anyway, the two of us converged on this idea of a remote control device that could be automatically programmed to control the equipment in your HT configuration, downloading profiles and IR codes as necessary from a central library on the Internet that would be built by the users.

It sounded like a HUGE idea at the moment, but later we just figured it was all the wine that made it sound so inspirational.

I kick myself HARD every time I pick up my Pronto or one of the 3 Logitech Harmony’s that I own.

Like you, I hope I get a second chance.

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