Another innovative idea from Toshiba

[Y3k Bug]

Originally Posted by gvortex7

This is pretty laughable. Here is another wonderful and timely idea by out friends at Toshiba:



Well, I guess it's a service where all those poor HD DVD owners can call in, just to hear Toshiba offer their condolences for making the wrong choice.

How sucky would that job have to be when HD admits defeat?...Yikes!

[frenchglen]

Originally Posted by Y3k Bug

How sucky would that job have to be when HD admits defeat?...Yikes!

ROFL!

They'll probably give you half a dozen players as consolation when they fire you!

[TheRealBob]

Originally Posted by Y3k Bug

How sucky would that job have to be when HD admits defeat?...Yikes!

Reminds me of this:

Years ago (1995 or so) a friend and I both subscribed to Delphi, a proprietary online service (like CompuServe or AOL) known for its great forums. At the time, in most areas the only way to get the Internet was going through a school or government connection, which most people didn't have access to, so you just did without (not that many people knew what they were missing).

So, out of the blue, Delphi partnered with MCI to offer Delphi Internet Services. Finally, a true Internet connection where your computer was actually on the Internet and any socket-based program could make use of it (as opposed to the proprietary online services, where you'd run their program or a dumb terminal program and do everything through that). Web browsing and all the fun stuff we take for granted was here at last.

So as this is going on, little ISPs started popping up all over, including some near us. Then, out of the blue, Delphi decided to pull the plug on Delphi Internet Services and just offer their old proprietary service. Well, that was it for me, so I cancelled and signed up with a local ISP.

My friend did the same, but he couldn't resist asking the service rep why they had done this, basically showing everyone the service they would want then telling them they should go buy it from someone else. The guy said he had no idea. My friend asked if they were getting a lot of cancellations, and the Delphi guy said, "Yep, it's looking pretty grim around here."

I imagine the HD DVD Concierge people are sharing that feeling about now.