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Meet Qwikster: Netflix Spins Off Discs-By-Mail from Streaming Video (wired.com)
2 points by boh on Sept 19, 2011 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



On the surface this seems like a good idea, but i imagine separating two halves do not make a whole. I can't imagine the logistics of breaking apart a system that was tightly integrated for db inventory and shipping control, customer mgmt and billing etc would be better for them. businees wise it seems they are essentially doubling their cost of operation




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