[Am-info] TV set top boxes

[Geoffrey]

Paul Rickard wrote:

>     I think the hardware is like a PC - the manufacturing company sells 
> them to cable and sattelite providers, then THOSE companies pick the 
> software. The providers are already doing one smart thing - preventing 
> lockin by using non-proprietary hardware. Some that chose MS have already 
> had to switch because the software was so terrible.

I don't know which boxes AT&T uses, but they were to initially use M$ on 
a small subset of there boxes.  This came about shortly after M$ 
invested in AT&T.  There were rumblings that M$ was not pleased with the 
small part they were getting of the AT&T boxes.  Later, the whole deal 
fell apart because M$ kept delaying there software.  Last I heard, AT&T 
was not going to us M$ on any of their boxes. (yes, I am an AT&T employee).


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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...)?