Lessons from the Death of HD-DVD?

http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/02/21/lessons-from-the-death-of-hd-dvd/

Interesting read, but is it true? Did Microsoft really dupe us into thinking that HD-DVD was better for everyone, or are we screwed now that it's gone? This is all way too confusing. Everything I read tells me something different. I don't know if I was wrong in not support Blu-Ray or if I should pissed that HD-DVD didn't win. I'm actually more confused about the format war now, then I was when it was still going on.

[Post edited by Fumbled_Revolution on Feb 23, 2008]

Wow! What a hatchet job on Microsoft. "HD-DVD died because the industry collectively worked to kill it as a proprietary monster that would enslave users, studios, and developers to Microsoft’s software."

Enslave users to MS's software? The article is, I'm afraid, filled with statements that are left unsuppported by actual data, quotes, or statistics. It just sounds like another disgruntled anti-Microsoft basher mouthing off. Which is one of the dangers of the Internet. You have to sift through a lot of nonsense to find whatever truth might actually lurk out there.

John

That's what I figured, it's just getting harder and hard to sift through the BS to find the truth. More and more of these articles -- both anti-MS and anti-Sony -- keep popping up every day. That along with all these so called industry "insiders" and "experts" along with everyone on every forum claiming to know what's going on.... and they're all saying something different. Buying movies should not be a baffling ordeal.

Microsoft for the last 15 years has been fighting against open standards and open source software tooth and nail on every level imaginable. It is their greatest threat. This is why they hire media shills (err.. I mean consultants) like Rob Enderle, whose failed agenda I'm sure you know way to well by now. Java, being operating system independent, became Microsoft's greatest enemy. This same business strategy that gave Microsoft it's unbelievable industry power and monopoly status has began to backfire. It turns out that companies embracing open standards and working in royalty free environments have actually found a selling point. A case in point is IBM. And even Microsoft itself is beginning to follow every other companies lead... mostly because it has no choice, hence their participation in SOAP.

[Post edited by Skyhawk on Feb 24, 2008]