Scoble Promotes A New Windows Media Format
July 15th, 2006
On July 14, 2006, Robert Scoble wrote:
Bill Crow at Microsoft is providing a TON of information on the new Windows Media Photo format (new file format coming out with Windows Vista). [source]
Ray Lane is quoted by David DeWalt of EMC as saying that 75% of all software profit is held by three companies and 50% of that is held by Microsoft. [source] Format lock-in is one of Microsoft’s most powerful tools for maintaining this. This “codec silo” explains why it is still so difficult to consume digital content on a large variety of platforms.
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