__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Saturday 24 March 2007 07:20 \__
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> AT&T IPTV now coming to your PC
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| AT&T announced Thursday that its U-verse Internet Protocol television
>>| service will now allow subscribers to watch live programming on their
>>| PCs.
>>|
>>| [...]
>>|
>>| Access to the new OnTheGo service is limited to computers running the
>>| Windows XP operating system with Microsoft's Internet Explorer or
>>| Mozilla's Firefox browser.
>> `----
>>
>> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-6169627.html
>>
>
> Presumably this is because they bought the system from Microsoft?
I think a lot of these choices (also Wal-mart and BBC in the OP) result from
ignorance or great pressure (maybe even incensives) from Microsoft. It's a
lockin. Lockins means business, but it hurts the customer.
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