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Windows Media Center Edition vs. The World

Posted by timothy on from the no-compelling-advantage dept.

sam_christ writes "An article in today's Investor's Business Daily (Google cache) and an article by TV industry pundit/predictions-huckster Philip Swann say the same thing: that Microsoft's Media Center Edition will be a big flop in 2005. Meanwhile, from what I can tell much more powerful alternatives to Microsoft's MCE bloatware are thriving: commercial products like Snapstream (see their 6-tuner Medusa PVR built for about $1200), Showshifter and open-source freeware like Mediaportal and MythTV. From what I've read about Microsoft MCE and all of its DRM and content restrictions, I have to agree with both of these articles."

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  1. Un-Biased Title by TrollBridge · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Thanks for letting me know that this article is about an OS that wants to conquer and rape and pillage, and not just another software review. I was beginning to think that Slashdot was developing a pro-Microsoft bias.

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    What's with all the Windoze stories? Has Slashdot sold out to the dark side? The incessant Micro$oft flash ads sure make it seem so.

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