[opendtv] Re: 060707 Free Friday Fragments (Mark's Monday Memo)
- From: "Kilroy Hughes" <Kilroy.Hughes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2006 10:46:12 -0700
That's just my opinion. =20
You'd have to take a Microsoft opinion poll or search official press
releases with executive quotes to decide if "Microsoft" agrees with me.
You won't find anyone directly involved in that area willing to
speculate about cable business strategies, the outcome of past and
future standardization, etc. I don't work in that area, so can be more
free with my opinions, since they don't matter.
WMDRM is a product that anyone can buy and use to protect media files,
but I follow you point. On the other hand, Microsoft is a strong
supporter of related standards such as HTTPS: for securing the wire, and
MPEG-21 REL (Rights Expression Language) to provide interoperability of
DRM systems. =20
Most successful Standards usually specify critical interop interfaces
with narrow scope that allow maximum flexibility of use and
implementation. Standards that try to define an entire system or
product are usually obsolete by the time the ink dries. Most of the
Standards I've seen made just killed a bunch of trees, sometimes
blocking progress on products that would have otherwise evolved. On the
other hand, Standards/standards at the right place, right time, and
right scope have enabled the Internet, occasionally interoperable
compressed digital video, occasionally interoperable DVD-Video discs
(with "region free" hack and 50/60Hz handling), and laptops that support
50 languages and only need about a dozen power plugs to cope with
"standardized" power grids.
Kilroy Hughes
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On Behalf Of Kon Wilms
Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 6:53 PM
To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [opendtv] Re: 060707 Free Friday Fragments (Mark's Monday Memo)
On Sat, 2006-07-08 at 16:35 -0700, Kilroy Hughes wrote:
> Standardizing the wire protocols and data formats is something the
cable
> industry should have done for MPEG TV a long time ago, and will
> eventually do to reduce cost after they give up on hardware plugins
and
> managing the operating system software of each settop box and TV in
> order to perpetuate their proprietary CA and network systems, EPGs,
etc.
> ... DCAS and standard data and media formats over the wire will work
> much better. =3D20
Does Microsoft share your views (I ask since you work there)?=20
You preach standardization here, yet in reality Microsoft delivers close
standards like MSDRM, just like existing closed lock-in-vendor systems.
Pot, kettle? :-)
Cheers
Kon
=20
=20
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