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Re: [News] Microsoft's IPTV Efforts Dwindling, Verizon Fixes Microsoft's Bugs, Memory Hog

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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Linonut ] on Saturday 16 September 2006 18:20 \__
> 
>> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o'
>> wisdom:
>> 
>>> Verizon takes over Microsoft TV code
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Unhappy over the memory footprint of applications and delays in rolling
>>> | them out, Verizon has ditched some of Microsoft's television software
>>> | and has chosen instead to write its own.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060914-7742.html
>>>
>>> Also:
>>>
>>> FiOS TV and MSFT: When End-to-End Becomes Best of Breed
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Quoting: "With the project in danger of running behind schedule, Verizon
>>> | sent its own employees to oversee the work between Microsoft and
>>> | Motorola. Engineers from all three companies had several meetings a day
>>> | to nudge the project along. Eventually, Verizon took over the
>>> | development of the program guide altogether from Microsoft, and ended up
>>> | writing a new version of the software that was less memory-intensive."
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://weblogs.jupiterresearch.com/analysts/laszlo/archives/017055.html
>> 
>> Did they have to give it back to Microsoft?
>> 
>> Anyway, the TV follows Microsoft's typical path in its forays into new
>> endeavors.  Cobble together a piece of crap, get someone to buy it, then
>> gradually fix it over the course of years until it is somewhat usable.
>> Much like their course with Windows.
>> 
>> A quote from the first article:
>> 
>>    After years of effort, Microsoft is finally making significant
>>    headway in the television marketplace. Verizon, Comcast, and SBC (now
>>    AT&T) have all signed on to use the company's TV technology, as
>>    have major international players like BT. Microsoft's TV division may
>>    experience growing pains, but these will do little to prevent the
>>    company from becoming key industry player.
>> 
>> God help us all.
> 
> Don't worry. Outside the United States, Microsoft is nowhere to be seen when
> it comes to IPTV (it has tried to penetrate France and Germany, but I
> haven't heard/read anything for months).

Not quite true - BT is launching Microsoft TV.  In France, the FT ISP is
being soundly trounced by a "free" isp, ie., one which does IPTV using
free software.  Now there's a surprise...

> 
> Electronics firms plan Internet televisions
> 
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| The new televisions will use Linux operating systems instead of
>| Microsoft Windows, it added. That feature is aimed at cutting the time
>| needed to boot up and reducing the risk of virus infection. 
> `----
> 
> http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Parody_of_Al_Gore_Film_tied_0803.html
> 
> The above is just one story among many. All the giants that manufacture TV's
> (especially in east Asia) have already chosen Linux. But Microsoft will not
> want you to know this. Moreover, Linux doesn't have budgets to rave about
> such things. Think, for instance, about the large migration to Fedora, which
> has no multinational corporation to announce it.
> 


Of course they won't!


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