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.'"

Comments

Re:Microsoft

[Krach42]

This just in... Windows sucks, and Linux rules...

More info coming soon, on Slashdot: News against Microsoft, and Stuff for Linux.

Re:Get over it.

[bob2cam]

Sorry, ya' can't have it both ways. Every tech media outlet is full of stories about the gains Linux is making, how Linux on the Desktop is spreading all over..Munich, Vienna, Macedonia, maybe even Massachusetts! how Firefox is closing in on 15% percent market share. If the stories are true, then the monopoly is over, the market has spoken. Now it's time for Open Source and Linux to stop the whining, get off its proverbial arse and compete.

No more discs - No more Microsoft

[MikeFM]

I've already decided that I won't be buying any copy protected media (movies, music, etc) if I can't easily break that copy protection (such as with DVDs) and likewise that I won't be buying any software that requires I use DRM or any kind of 'trusted computing'. So I guess that means I'll be saving a fortune as I will no longer be buying thousands of movies or spending any money on Microsoft software. I buy 500 movies a year at an average of $10 each. Wow, I just saved $5000 a year. Not good for movie companies though.