[opendtv] Re: Global CIO: Steve Jobs Creating New-Age Broadcasting Network?
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 18:56:04 -0600
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
>> Closed means, I have to buy their products to use the network.
>> It's really quite simple.
>
> Hmmmmmm...
>
> Sony Playstation...
Defintely closed
> XBox...
Definitely closed
> Wi...
Definitely closed. Nintendo, and all the rest. Also, flops like DIVX, or
whatever it was called. Buy their machine, then get a DVD that only plays once,
or something of that nature. All closed systems that I steered clear of.
> Motorola (Scientific Atlanta) STBs...
Clearly, a walled garden. They are only used for cable systems, the very
definition of walled garden.
> WebTV...
A flop, deservedly.
> And the beat goes on, and on. and on...
Not really. Let's look at Netflix, for example. I can get to Netflix with any
wide open PC. I don't need to use their own STB, I don't need to be suckered
into AppleTV to get to them, I don't need any other middleman. If Netflix had
required me to use their STB, it would have been a closed system.
Or look at all the web sites that offer streaming media, here and overseas.
Various TV networks, YouTube, and on and on and on.
Bert
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