Comments on: Money Flows Into New Start-Ups http://gigaom.com/2006/05/16/money-flows-into-new-start-ups/ The Business of Technology Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:46:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Startups.in http://gigaom.com/2006/05/16/money-flows-into-new-start-ups/#comment-51687 Startups.in Fri, 19 May 2006 06:01:49 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/05/16/money-flows-into-new-start-ups/#comment-51687 <p>PixPo sounds like a commoditized VLC server (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/)</p> <p>Such solutions are good for limited viewers but how scalable are they? I mean can hundred of my friends view the media at the same time? Isn't my home connection a bootleneck unless I have a high speed uplink?</p> <p>Regards, Nag @ Startups.in</p> PixPo sounds like a commoditized VLC server (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/)

Such solutions are good for limited viewers but how scalable are they? I mean can hundred of my friends view the media at the same time? Isn’t my home connection a bootleneck unless I have a high speed uplink?

Regards,
Nag @
Startups.in

]]> By: Hank Torbert http://gigaom.com/2006/05/16/money-flows-into-new-start-ups/#comment-51685 Hank Torbert Thu, 18 May 2006 19:00:02 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/05/16/money-flows-into-new-start-ups/#comment-51685 <p>Question: How did come up with a value for Pixpro? Multiple of revs?</p> Question: How did come up with a value for Pixpro? Multiple of revs?

]]> By: amit http://gigaom.com/2006/05/16/money-flows-into-new-start-ups/#comment-51683 amit Thu, 18 May 2006 09:04:45 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/05/16/money-flows-into-new-start-ups/#comment-51683 <p>…in large we've seen P2P in context of illegal music and video sharing, deals like <a href="http://gigaom.com/2006/05/08/bittorrent-snags-warner-brothers/" rel="nofollow">Warner Brothers and BitTorrent </a>will help create grounds for more and more P2P projects…</p> …in large we’ve seen P2P in context of illegal music and video sharing, deals like Warner Brothers and BitTorrent will help create grounds for more and more P2P projects…

]]> By: Robert Dewey http://gigaom.com/2006/05/16/money-flows-into-new-start-ups/#comment-51681 Robert Dewey Tue, 16 May 2006 17:23:03 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/05/16/money-flows-into-new-start-ups/#comment-51681 <p>I think P2P is the future. Most people have broadband, and most people keep their computer alive 24 hours per day… While everyone rushes out in a frenzy to build web storage, I think P2P will really be the winner. Web storage won't be going anywhere though, I think it has a place in the world of data backup.</p> <p>Now, off to work on a browser extension that acts as a seamless peer to peer client ;-)</p> I think P2P is the future. Most people have broadband, and most people keep their computer alive 24 hours per day…
While everyone rushes out in a frenzy to build web storage, I think P2P will really be the winner. Web storage won’t be going anywhere though, I think it has a place in the world of data backup.

Now, off to work on a browser extension that acts as a seamless peer to peer client ;-)

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