Speed matters in business. Many decisions and actions are reversible and do not need extensive study. We value calculated risk taking."
Interesting correlation with Kent Beck's note that "Not all decisions are reversible ... the two kinds of decisions need to follow completely different workflows."
Anecdotally, I've observed that the leaders that can distinguish between these two types of decisions and learn not to sweat the small stuff increase their teams' velocities by increasing the confidence that you can do the right thing now and handle the outcome when it comes.
Cox is doing something very similar. It's somewhat disconcerting to see JS like this ending up in pages, especially since they didn't get the URL right and a future version of this script could conceivably allow someone to serve malicious content to every Comcast subscriber, injected directly into your page.
I have a Netflix streaming account, and still find myself buying media on iTunes, Amazon, and (very rarely) whatever independent setup a show will be running.
It's trivially easy to get ahold of pretty much any TV shows/movies I want to see, and compared to $100+/month on cable it still comes out cheaper.
I've heard the only thing you miss out on is the news. I'm tempted to go fully off cable now that I'm in a good groove with netflix/online choices.
A few dollars is always cheaper than my time. It's also far more convenient than tv, or having to go through the pain of finding and downloading, and waiting, and hoping it's of good quality. I'm willing to pay to avoid that headache.
