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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. Clues spotted at Comcast? by jcr · · Score: 0, Troll

    Well, I've got to say I'm surprised, but very pleased at this development. Good job, whoever convinced the management at Comcast to abandon a Microsoft product in a mission-critical application.

    -jcr

    --
    The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
  2. BSOD jokes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Will they ever die? Or are these horribly dated "jokes" going to live on forever, when it BSODs are virtually obsolete on Microsoft products.

    It's funny how Microsoft failures live on in the mind of slashbots, but Apple's and Linux's shortcomings are quickly forgotten.

  3. Comcast fee reduction? by macraig · · Score: 0, Troll

    Does the fact that Comcast is no longer paying the Microsoft Piper mean that customers can expect a fee reduction? Their profits are already more inflated than Bush's ego.