At least now we know why Color really got that funding

Re:At least now we know why Color really got that funding by allanchao on Friday March 25, 2011 @05:31PM (#2370433)

It's interesting that in a different article, I think it's Sequoia that said something along the lines of "something as revolutionary as this comes around once a decade. It's the next Google".

Seems like the goal of color is to aggregate vast amounts of real world data, like the Google of physical life.

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Re:At least now we know why Color really got that funding by joebananas on Friday March 25, 2011 @05:44PM (#2370480)

They really said that? That's just utterly delusional in a Wired on push as the future stylee.

Anyways, to get at that real world data they crave, they're gonna need tons of users, and if they ever get even one tenth of a percent of what Google has I'd be shocked.

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Re:At least now we know why Color really got that funding by jimboyoungblood on Friday March 25, 2011 @05:49PM (#2370493)

The hyperbole around Color sorta reminds me of another revolutionary product from a decade ago:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2001/12/03/here-it-is.htm

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Re:At least now we know why Color really got that funding by ars on Friday March 25, 2011 @05:55PM (#2370515)

(The segway, for those that don't feel like clicking through.)

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Re:At least now we know why Color really got that funding by sandstrom on Friday March 25, 2011 @06:13PM (#2370558)

Segaway Tycoon dies driving of a cliff on his Segway: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1315518/Segway-tycoo...

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Re:At least now we know why Color really got that funding by balbaugh on Friday March 25, 2011 @07:51PM (#2370843)

Not the actual inventor, but man who purchased Segway therefrom.

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Re:At least now we know why Color really got that funding by r00fus on Friday March 25, 2011 @07:08PM (#2370722)

At least "ginger" had a well-defined and well-understood purpose and leveraged some of Kamen's groundbreaking gyro/wheel knowhow.

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Re:At least now we know why Color really got that funding by makeramen on Friday March 25, 2011 @05:56PM (#2370518)

soon it will be all the rage among mall cops.

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Re:At least now we know why Color really got that funding by neutronicus on Friday March 25, 2011 @05:45PM (#2370485)

    they're gonna need tons of users

No they won't, they just need to find people with tons of users willing to license the tech (or buy them)

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Re:At least now we know why Color really got that funding by pkamb on Friday March 25, 2011 @05:58PM (#2370527)

Endgame: Real life Control-F

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