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What I see here.
Is a competition between an open standard and Microsoft. The
only way for Microsoft to win is to leverage windows on the
content creation side. If it's created using windows, only the
windows codec will decompress it. Now if it was as good as (or
better than) the open standard, it might have a shot. What will
cause consumer distain is the annual fee. Or should I say new
Microsoft tax? If there was a one time fee, it would not be a big
thing. It's the thought of paying for the same thing over and
over, with the constant thought of a price increase. Face it, it it
costs the provider $20 a year, it will cost the consumer $40 a
year. I'd rather see a one time fee, than a continual payment.
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Greedy Trash  Jeff Spicoli | 07/13/04
Business is business  PA-ITGuy | 07/13/04
Uh Huh  Jeff Spicoli | 07/13/04
Who do you work for?  dj_45_cal | 07/13/04
When you have 50 Billion  voska | 07/13/04
You MUST be talking about IBM, GM, Ford, GE, on and on...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/13/04
WELL SAID!!!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/13/04
drop the pom poms and the crack pipe already!  Jeff Spicoli | 07/13/04
NWOR  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/13/04
There are ways of earning money without losing trust  Michael Kelly | 07/13/04
Users LOVE Microsoft.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/13/04
"...according to The Customer Respect Group Inc. in Bellevue, Wash."  Michael Kelly | 07/13/04
never mind, you're obviously too dumb to realize  Jeff Spicoli | 07/13/04
Bonehead white trash like myself  dj_45_cal | 07/13/04
dj_45_cal , you have to understand your dealing with scum.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/13/04
I'm not scum. I don't support Microsoft  Jeff Spicoli | 07/13/04
NWOR  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/13/04
EU was right, leveraging the 'ole monopoly again.  Xunil_Sierutuf | 07/13/04
Explain the video monopoly please.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/13/04
So, it was all hot air. I understand...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/13/04
Leveraging one monopoly to get into another.  B.O.F.H. | 07/13/04
Explain how that works...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/13/04
This looks to be more comparable to XBox than IE  Michael Kelly | 07/13/04
Not really...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/13/04
I don't know enough about TiVO to answer your question  Michael Kelly | 07/13/04
No answer I see. Figures...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/13/04
Gotta love the competition!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/13/04
Do you even know what that is, son?..  Jeff Spicoli | 07/13/04
NWOR  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/13/04
What I see here.  Rick_K | 07/13/04

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