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Re:Dear Mom and Dad ... by akozlik on Wednesday November 10, 2010 @02:54PM (#1891579)
Just wanted to say that's an incredibly slick approach at a sales letter. Rather than directing the letter to the consumer it's directed to Mom & Dad, which creates an audience to whom the concept can be explained in a simple manner. There are all sorts of emotional responses to this approach too, which creates warm and fuzzy feelings toward Boxee.

Well played sir.

Re:Dear Mom and Dad ... by meinhimmel on Wednesday November 10, 2010 @05:23PM (#1892004)
Agreed, I would be interested in his device if I didn't already have a media server with mplayer and youtube-viewer installed. I even have a nice apartment complex that unknowingly multicasts all available cable channels to me for free!

It was a great article though, even if it was a sales pitch.

Re:Dear Mom and Dad ... by muddylemon on Wednesday November 10, 2010 @06:18PM (#1892170)
It would've been a lot better if he'd included even a single link.

Especially on this bit: "Tell them it’s even available on Amazon!" That would be an ideal place to link to the product page and sell the thing.

Re:Dear Mom and Dad ... by riledhel on Wednesday November 10, 2010 @11:37PM (#1892914)