__/ [ Jerry McBride ] on Thursday 17 May 2007 00:09 \__
>
> They are finally dumping the crappy microsoft junk in favor of a REAL
> slution. Great move Comcast, why did it take so long????
>
> http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/315614_msftcomcast15.html
For more information, here are some links I posted earlier. H-P have recently
given Windows MCE the boot, IIRC (they later claimed to have replaced it
with something).
Microsoft blamed for AT&T TV hiccups
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| Microsoft has a spotty history on the gogglebox. In 1997 it
| spent about $425m to purchase WebTV Networks but failed to
| make the much-hyped phenomenon a success.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37231
Slot machine suffers blue screen of death
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| However, it appears that this particular design is not quite ready
| for the prime time as, when we stopped by, the game had hung
| completely with a classic blue screen of death. Now that's going
| to seriously annoy you if you've just won the jackpot! We came back
| an hour later, and the game was still in the same condition.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37215
Verizon takes over Microsoft TV code
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| 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.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060914-7742.html
FiOS TV and MSFT: When End-to-End Becomes Best of Breed
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| 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."
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http://weblogs.jupiterresearch.com/analysts/laszlo/archives/017055.html
Here's another recent one:
Microsoft abandons PMCs
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| It seems Microsoft is abandoning the Portable Media Centre, a format
| that was once considered a possible iPod killer.
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http://www.pcretailmag.com/news/26957/Microsoft-abandons-PMCs
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