Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> * Mark Kent fired off this tart reply:
>
>> Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Saw a Comcast Business ad on the telly. Prominently featured was
>>> "Microsoft Communications Services". And, who knows, maybe we'll all be
>>> watching teevee on a Microsoft TCP/IP network someday.
>>
>> Maybe, but their track record in that area has been very poor. For a
>> godo open-source VOD system, take a look at Iliad in France, they're
>> doing everything Microsoft is, but using open-source capabilities, so
>> they have no licence-fees to pay and its more reliable and secure. They
>> will take out any company who's paying Microsoft or anyone else a
>> licence to do the same thing.
>
> Maybe. However, I read about a year ago in IEEE Computing that
> Microsoft's efforts in that area were improving rapidly (after the usual
> foot-in-the-doorstep crap they first deployed).
Article written by..?
>
> And recently Bill Gates boasted of MS's IPTV efforts.
Yeah...
>
> Personally, no matter who's doing it, I'd prefer to see my data-access
> network separate from my teevee network.
>
For streaming to work, you need 3-mode networking. IP is a terrible
protocol for this purpose, but carrier-grade ethernet (PBB-TE) is ideal.
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