Why Microsoft Hates Blu-ray

An anonymous reader writes "The private feud just became public. Apparently, Gates yelled at Sony's CEO because the new copy protection Blu-ray has adopted would prevent players from streaming content to the Xbox 360. Since the PS3 will have Blu-ray support but the Xbox 360 only has a plain DVD drive, this means PS3 will be the only console that can play HD movies. Also, Paramount just announced support for Blu-ray and Warner Brothers may also jump ship. Will VHS vs. Betamax turn out differently this time?"

Comments

Re:Great. More format wars.

[Dogers]

Actually its more like DivX and DVD..

Re:Great Scott!

[The Only Druid]

I don't pretend to have a source on this, but I cannot think of a single English word that begins with a 'g' followed by a vowel that has a soft g (i.e. a 'j' sound) as opposed to a hard g (i.e. a 'guh' sound).

In other words, I'm not sure why anyone would think it was "Jiff" and not "Giff".

p.s., I can think of a few French words, e.g. garotte, that have been directly assimilated into English without being re-spelled, but I think that the general rule for words that have their origins in English to be as noted above...

Don't pick the lesser; pick no evil at all.

[mrchaotica]

Instead of caving in to the DRM fascists, download movies off BitTorrent, and do it specifically because it's illegal. That's how we got Prohibition repealed, after all.

Re:Great Scott!

[jocknerd]

Oops mispelled gigolo.