On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 7:48 PM, Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Craig Birkmaier wrote: > They >> tried to win over the cable industry too, but failed miserably because >> cable STBs do not get along well with bloatware, especially the >> Microsoft variety that still didn't work after three generations. What about the Motorola cable boxes that never work no matter how many generations they go through? > If they failed so far imagine how abysmal their chances will be to get their > stuff into the new Sony non-STB cable card replacing TV standard. I don't > know if there are hard feelings but Sony was their arch enemy in the recent > hidef DVD wars. With a history of disasters like Passage, that's probably a good thing. Flinging mud while standing in quicksand rarely works. Cheers Kon ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.