Verizon Steps in to Fix Microsoft's IPTV

NYGiant writes "Microsoft IPTV isn't cutting it for Verizon, Ars Technica reports, so they've taken over parts of the project. Verizon is in a rush to perfect its IPTV service, which is based on Microsoft's IPTV software. The problem is that to run well, Microsoft's software needs more memory than Verizon's set top boxes ship with. From the article: 'Under the terms of that deal, Verizon would use Microsoft's Foundation Edition middleware stack. Microsoft would also supply a set of customer-facing applications. While Foundation Edition remains in use by Verizon, the development of the other applications was taken over by Verizon engineers.'"

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Re:I'm confused

[Locutus]

laugh and LOL and laugh hard. This should not be a surprise to anybody except the idiots who think just because Microsoft has billions, they are more than a marketing company.

Can't wait to see the Cray settop box, and fiber channel required to show HDTV over MS-IPTV and still have 5+ second channel change delays. But who knows, maybe they'll find that by putting a SAN disk on the telephone poles will help and nothing else but wait for the next version of MS-IPTV will save them. Promise, the next version will be the best MS-IPTV ever. Honest. It's SOP for MS and the fools who use their stuff. IMO.

So laugh and laugh long and hard. I almost couldn't type this since I got the hiccups from laughing so much.

LoB