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Comcast Drops Microsoft

Posted by kdawson on from the blue-screen-of-television dept.

Frosty Piss writes "Comcast plans to drop Microsoft's television software and on-screen program guide from its digital cable boxes. The cable company will replace the Microsoft technology with GuideWorks software — Comcast is a part owner of GuideWorks. Comcast has been the lone cable company in the US using Microsoft technology for set-top boxes, and only in the state of Washington, Microsoft's back yard." The Microsoft offering has a solid presence in Latin America. The company is no longer trying very hard to market it here at home.

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  1. Microsoft has television software? by wumpus188 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I wonder what it shows when it's late and between channels...

  2. You are attempting to change the channel by Dancindan84 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Cancel or Allow?

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