__/ [ Kier ] on Sunday 11 February 2007 19:41 \__
> On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 18:39:20 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Microsoft patents Tivo for commercial breaks
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>> | Microsoft has patented the idea of inserting fresh advertisements
>> | into old recordings on personal video recorders, to ensure you see
>> | today's ads even if you're watching a recording from last week.
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http://www.itwire.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7946&Itemid=1063
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> If that's actually a serious story, they deserve to be shot at dawn. My
> brother has a Tivo, bought one way back, and he says the greatest thing
> about it is the freedom from intrusive advertising. Why should anyone be
> forced to watch shitty adverts if they don't want to? Sometimes, I think
> if I see one more car advert, I'll run amok.
Microsoft loves DRM (see below) as much as they appreciate brainwash.
Brainwash is, after all, one of the factors that made Microsoft 'successful'
(lack of ethics and corruption aside).
Microsoft: We Like DRM
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| Steve Jobs wants the music business to drop restrictions for digital
| tunes. But Microsoft, which began competing head to head with Apple
| in the digital music business last fall, is happy with the way things
| are, says media exec Robbie Bach.
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http://www.forbes.com/2007/02/08/zune-drm-itunes-tech-media-cx_df_0208bach.html?partner=yahootix
http://tinyurl.com/2lrz3y
They say that Microsoft's aspiration to control the customer marks the last
management era (J Ellard and R Bach), who will salute Microsoft Corp. as it
sinks into the ocean. Hate the customer and the customer will hate you. No
amount of lockins can overwhelm backlash and alienation.
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