XM and Sirius Merger? 197
chipset writes "Well, it seems Sirius and XM are in talks again. This story from FoxNews indicates they are in merger discussions and want to expand their reach into all communications from space. This includes Cell, Music, and TV. I would love to see something like this take place. Give DirecTV and DishNetwork a little competition."
Give DirecTV and Dish a little competition?!?!?!?! (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Uh, no (Score:0, Insightful)
Re:Give DirecTV and Dish a little competition?!?!? (Score:3, Insightful)
Competition? You mean after I rip out my factory radio and replace it with another radio, just to try out the other service, and then if I liked the first one....
If there was a broadcast standard there would be competition. Right now it's two proprietary semi-monopolies for most consumers.
Re:Why the DEC logo? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:No! (Score:1, Insightful)
If it ain't broke... (Score:4, Insightful)
I have Sirius, and I'm pleased as punch with it. I can't see how merging with XM (if the story is, in fact, true) would make things any better.
Sirius has some great stations with good DJs. The bigger you make the company, the more whitewashed it becomes. I don't know what XM is all about, but people who have it tell me they like it. That's fine. But a little compitition never hurt anyone. Monopolies, on the other hand, usually don't work, espically with something as subjective as music.
Re:Uh, no (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:No! (Score:1, Insightful)
For proof... I think this will suffice... [xmfan.com]
Re:That would really suck (Score:1, Insightful)
So why, EXACTLY, did we buy compaq?
Alpha?..NOPE its a "sunset business" (read: carly's axe swings)
Tru64?..NOPE, "the ROI is too low" (read: Carly's axe swings.)
To grab their market share in PCs?...NOPE, that lasted what, 1 or 2 quarters?
To enhance our product line?...NOPE, if HP and CPQ were selling the same product, we picked the better of the 2 and
So, as near as I can tell, the only reason we bought Compaq was so carly could fire a bunch of people and eliminate a competitor that was already dying..
just my $0.02 worth
for added fun goto:
http://www.everythingispossible.com/ [everythingispossible.com]
oh wait, this thread was about Sirius and XM.. sorry