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  • From: "tompoe AT renonevada.net" <tompoe AT renonevada.net>
  • To: community_studios AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [Community_studios] MS knows something is amiss
  • Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2002 06:15:25 -0700

Hi: Here's a Gigalaw.com blurb that brings a smile to your face. MS was facing one of the greatest boondoggles in history, had it gone forward with its' orginal fiasco. As it is, I suspect they still will have a problem selling their "home entertainment center". What do you think?
Thanks,
Tom Poe
Open Studios
Reno, NV

Microsoft Eases DVD-Copying Restrictions in Windows
Microsoft Corp. announced that it is easing the DVD-copying
restrictions it planned to build into new entertainment software coming
out this fall, in response to consumer protests. Windows XP Media Center
Edition, a variation on the Windows XP operating system, combines the
functions of a television set, stereo and personal computer and marks
Microsoft's most ambitious effort yet to bring the personal computer into
the living room.
Read more: <http://www.gigalaw.com/newsarchives/2002_10_09_index2.html#85542270> (Source: The Washington Post)
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