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Fate of High-Def DVD up to Microsoft?
BlackMesaResearchFac writes "EE Times is reporting that Microsoft may have chosen a side in the ongoing optical disk war. From the article: 'several industry sources last week told EE Times that Microsoft is muscling into the optical-disk fray by leveraging its operating-system clout to bundle HD-DVD within Vista, the company's next-generation OS. There is also talk that the software giant may be planning to offer cash incentives -- in the form "coupons" -- to system vendors or retailers if they agree to support HD-DVD. Such coupons would provide "credits" or "memos" for each PC that is sold with HD-DVD inside.'"
Actually, as far as I can tell, computer scientists (and other programmers) started using foo just because fu is both too overloaded, and too short. I have yet to meet a programmer who doesn't know what FUBAR is. Spelling it "foobar" is a complete bastardization. It doesn't mean anything!
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
> Who is more evil?
Ouch... you are hurting my simple decision making process. Despite whatever the groupthink de jour is, could it be that any massive corporate entity that makes more money than some nations and crosses international boundaries has the power and incentive to do 'evil' things in it's own self-interest?
Since these entities can shift production and decision making processes between legal and economic jurisdictions at will, they are pretty much immune to any legal or economic attempts to control them.
This state of affairs was probably inevitable once corporations were given similar legal status as human individuals.
Too late now. Sit back and enjoy your mocha-latte.
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Please feel free to read, if you can, any of the links I provided documenting the history of foobar. I think it will adequately explain my post.
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