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by gscott 3234 days ago
They needed to give those away like AOL did with discs.
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deftnerd 3233 days ago
Giving away hardware that hackers would love to play with is very different from giving away CD's that can only be alternatively used as drink coasters and for art projects.

Remember CueCat?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CueCat#Failure

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gscott 3233 days ago
If they can make those glasses cheap enough, it would be good marketing. The CueCat people didn't want to drag that around and scan things.
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