[opendtv] Re: Study Shows IPTV Gaining Ground
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:52:16 -0400
At 2:46 PM -0500 10/20/10, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
Why do you think it's irrelevant that the PC industry COULD have
developed the same way? It's not irrelevant. It is exactly the same
dynamic that allowed radios and TVs to be unwalled originally, and
then people got lured into walled gardens in later distribution
models. The same could happen to PCs and ISPs.
The PC industry is filled with walls. Microsoft has made a fortune
building them.
We are only now beginning to break their stranglehold over the
enterprise. For all the openness of the PC, the hardware vendors
struggle to make pennies, while Intel and Microsoft continue to haul
in the vast majority of the profits.
And talk about fragmented and a nightmare for developers...
Fortunately, as an Apple fanboy I have not had to put up with most of
the joys of the Open PC environment.
Regards
Craig
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