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MS Plans To Cooperate With Chinese TV Maker

Posted by timothy on from the match-made-in-heaven-with-stars-and-report dept.

zhangyong writes "Microsoft has signed a strategic cooperation pact with China's top television maker Sichuan Changhong Electric Appliances (which claims to be the world's number-two maker of colour TVs, OEM for APEX, etc.), the official Shanghai Securities News (in Chinese) (in English) said on Monday. 'Changhong would receive advanced IT technology and software from Microsoft to develop digital TV sets and other high-technology products.' What will happen when low-cost labor in China is combined with Microsoft technologies?"

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  1. What Will Happen by rsmith-mac · · Score: 4, Funny

    What will happen when low-cost labor in China is combined with Microsoft technologies?"

    Why, the phrase "Blue Screen Of Death" will take on a whole new meaning of course.

  2. What will happen when... by kunudo · · Score: 5, Funny

    What will happen when low-cost labor in China is combined with Microsoft technologies?"

    Cheap + shit == Cheap shit.
    Funny, eh?

  3. Spectrum trouble? by Atario · · Score: 4, Funny

    Surely you mean Red Screen Of Death?

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    1. Re:Spectrum trouble? by Rei · · Score: 4, Funny

      You forgot to welcome our new Chinese-Speaking Paperclip overlords. :)

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  4. MS TV's by SeanTobin · · Score: 4, Funny

    Something tells me that the tv's will have mysterious failures of both the red and green guns after they have been deployed.

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  5. Not much difference... by tool462 · · Score: 5, Funny
    "What will happen when low-cost labor in China is combined with Microsoft technologies?"

    Since a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, it won't be much different from high-cost labor in the US combined with Microsoft technologies.

  6. Wait a minute... by GeekZilla · · Score: 4, Funny
    "Changhong would receive advanced IT technology and software from Microsoft..."

    But where is Microsoft going to get the "...advanced IT technology...?

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  7. owning a TV will never be the same by Grishnakh · · Score: 4, Funny

    Unlike the old days, where you just unpacked your new TV, aimed the antenna, and turned it on, you now need to update your TV's operating system to Service Pack 2 as soon as you turn it on, in order to avoid catching a worm. Then you need to install antivirus software and a firewall. Lastly, in order to keep your TV working acceptably, you need to defrag it weekly, and regularly run software to remove spyware.

    Considering the crap on TV these days, it doesn't sound like it'll be worth the trouble.

    1. Re:owning a TV will never be the same by Col+Bat+Guano · · Score: 3, Funny

      Hmmmm. Spyware.
      So in Communist China, TV will watch you?

  8. The better question is... by DerProfi · · Score: 5, Funny

    "What will happen when low-cost labor in China is combined with Microsoft technologies?"

    The better question is, "What will happen when Microsoft's technology meets China's total disregard for intellectual property rights?"

    The answer is, of course, "Hilarity ensues."

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