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Re: DRM one of reasons for Blu-Ray win

* Tom Shelton peremptorily fired off this memo:

> I read last year that MS was already talking to some one (I can't
> remember who) about developing a blu-ray player addon for the xbox 360.
> There was a reason that MS didn't make the HD-DVD standard in the xbox -
> and that was because they didn't want to be tied to the format if it
> didn't take off.

That sounds like good thinking on MS's part.

> I think you'll find that in the end, the HD-DVD vs Blu-Ray war was
> pointless.  The future is in downloadable content.  Apple TV, Comcast On
> Demand, XBox live, and Amazon.

Don't forget BitTorrent, Gnutella, FreeNet, and dark-nets <grin>.

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One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
    -- Niccolo Machiavelli

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