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Damian Morris's avatar

Reading this history it's striking about how Bill managed to keep so many strategically valuable product lines producing real, highly lucrative, but also *new* products, without going down more of the highly ambitious dead-ends like Cairo. That said, I recall at the time that Cairo seemed like a pipe-dream, even from my perspective as an avid (and long-time) industry-watcher who was also not yet an actual industry participant. So much so that I vividly remember how Longhorn was supposed avoid all of Cairo's mistakes, skip the over-ambitious and unachievable expectations, and *ship*. And yet...

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Manuel Pop's avatar

I was completely unaware of the existence of Tiger before I read this post, it was an enlightening read, especially seeing how well it reflects today's streaming landscape.

Out of curiosity, what was your reaction when you heard of this project?

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