[Am-info] charter and M$

[John Poltorak]

On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 11:09:01AM -0500, Geoffrey wrote:
> I think this will be M$'s greatest failing.  Attempting to move their 
> lousy software and delayed timeframes to new customers who are going to 
> put up with it:
> 
> 
> *** CHARTER DELAYS PLANS TO DEPLOY MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY
> 
>   - [The Wall Street Journal, B5.]  Charter said it won't deploy 
> Microsoft-powered TV services early this year, as it had hoped -- and 
> may not use Microsoft software at all this fall when it rolls out a 
> flagship TV set-top box that is styled as a home-media center.  

That reminds me... There was a German company selling set-top boxes a 
while back using an OS/2 based system. Can't remember the name at the 
moment, but I always wanted to get hold of one just to have a look inside 
and see what they actually did...

> -- 
> Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric@3times25.net
> 
> I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen
> to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?

-- 
John