____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 08 January 2008 07:29 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Tuning In to Microsoft Silverlight for Olympic Gold
>>
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>>| It's also serving notice that Microsoft wants to be one of the
>>| major "channels" for Internet television.
>> `----
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>> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2246127,00.asp
>>
>
> Once upon a time, the Olympic Games, like Rugby Union, were a
> celebration amateur sport, constrasting strongly with the football world
> cup, which was the personification of professional sport. Over the last
> few years, the Olympics have become a celebration of commercial
> activity, completely losing the ethos of amateur sport.
>
> If anyone is dumb enough to have Microsoft be the "official" channel for
> internet television, then Microsoft will merely exclude anyone not using
> Windows Vista, exactly as the have with the Microsoft Silverlight/BBC
> iPlayer.
PlayForSure? As [H]omer puts it, NotSoSure...
Microsoft rebrands PlaysForSure to Certified For Windows Vista, confuses world
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| Microsoft's PlaysForSure DRM just took another step closer to the grave with
| the help of some rebranding.
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http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/microsoft-rebrands-playsforsure-to-certified-for-windows-vista/
Microsoft Tells Apple To Stop Complaining About DRM
http://www.podcastingnews.com/2007/04/13/microsoft-apple-drm/
Mind the fact that the BBC gave no reasonable response, just pointers to that
Ashaley Highfield interview for Groklaw where he says that DRM no longer seems
like a great idea (but the BBC still uses it!!!!!!!!!).
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