Jay,
I find it unusual that no one, including the majority of the
press to date, has picked up on the much larger issues
surrounding MSFT's sideline activities in this saga.
Their agenda is far greater than their aspirations for the set
top box software market. Beneath that STB there is another
element, usually, called the TV, itself. Once there is a greater
understanding of the total picture that encompasses their
zeal, then, and only then, is it reasonable to begin determining
whose side one should be cheering for.
pennwell.shore.net
From same,
... from analog to digital TV (DTV) will entail
approximately $200 billion of consumer expenditures, in
addition to the expenses incurred by program producers,
TV stations, and cable operators. Any company that
positions itself to serve all the industry's segments has a rosy
future. Microsoft understood this long ago and has tried in
various ways to get an edge in DTV markets. In the spring
of 1997 ...
Enjoy, Frank Coluccio
ps - Greg, I haven't forgotten the "must-carry" subject. I'm in the process of collecting some cable spectrum specs in order to discuss it intelligently. From where I sit at the moment, it could be that Cahners wants to sell a lot of reports, or there are gambits taking place... wont know whose spin to discount the most, until I view it more thoroughly.
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