The mail must go through (Netflix vs Blockbuster)

No, I am not signing the children's song.


If we only compare the mail distribution center...
Currently Blockbuster has 35 distribution centers across the United States.
Netflix has lot more http://www.listology.com/netflix_tracker_reports.cfm?report=centers
couldn't found the offical number for Netflix. Of course if you are near by the distribution center ... maybe you'll get it within 2 days... (which is my average time).

Day 2 1/2 blockbuster vs netflix ( that was fast!)

I got my DVDs!!!! I guess there is a blockbuster or netflix distribution center around me. I quickly watch one DVD from each vendor and return today (Friday). Let's see who will receive and return back to me the fast ;-)

the return envelop is a little different ....
Blockbuster: the envelop is smaller compare to Netflix and it has the title of the DVD on the label!!! so if I have 3 DVDs and accidentally switch the envelope what will happen?

Netflix: the envelop is RED! The title of the DVD is a bar code shown on a small window of the RED envelope. Geez, it's red enough....even my dog would know it's Netflix.

I wont test blockbuster's store pickup or checkin function until later on, for now just testing the speed of USPS.

Day 1 and 2 blockbuster vs netflix

Signed up on Tuesday night (6/12), both vendor have shipped the DVD. Which DVD will get to me first?

I signed up for the 1 DVD unlimited for $9.99 for both. But Blockbuster has the 3 DVD for 1 month (you must cancel before 1 month or get charge). Both has sent out email that the DVD(s) are on the way.

To add your DVD into the queue is pretty easy, Blockbuster gives you option to buy the DVD. Netflix has an area for you to buy "used" DVD, but I haven't try this feature yet.

small guy vs MS (bullying your user, nothing new here)

reading this article http://www.theregister.com/2007/06/05/microsoft_mvp_threats/ makes me wondering what is M$ trying to do?? I better not "say" much ... :-) you can read and laugh

.... his cherished status did not last. In December 2005, he started getting emails from a Microsoft executive called Jason Weber. The problem was that TestDriven.NET supported the Express edition of Visual Studio. Express is the cut-down version that anyone can download for free from the Microsoft website. It is limited in various ways, and is intended only for hobbyists and students. Everyone else is supposed to shell out for the paid-for versions.

To follow this story please visit Jamie Cansdale's blog and see the email/scanned letters! I will just paste a short comment below from Jamie's blog. To fight with M$ will probably cost arm or a leg....

This is where the story begins. I'm not going to summarize what happened. I'm going to give you all the information so you can make up your own mind.

1. The first set of emails are between Dec 1, 2005 and Mar 30, 2006. They culminate in a teleconference between Craig Symonds (the General Manager for Visual Studio), Grant Drake, Jason Weber (who doesn't say a word) and myself.
2. The second set of emails are between March 31, 2006 and Apr 17, 2007. They culminate with Jason finally letting me know which license I'm supposedly in breach of (the Express EULA). I'm still none the wiser about which clause.
3. Finally I receive two letters (delivered by motorcycle courier) from Microsoft's UK lawyers. For the first time ever I am told which exact clause I'm supposedly in breach of. The second letter lets me know that they are reading my weblog and the TestDrivenUsers group.

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