Very interesting info, and it will be fascinating to see what happens over the rest of the year with the 3rd-party STB suppliers, CE manufacturers, and Vista. The next-to-last paragraph makes no sense until it has been cleaned up and copy-edited:
"We can certainly respect the cable companies desire to control their networks; after all they do own it, they do have a business to run, and rogue two-way CableCARD devices could cause a lot of havoc. While CableLabs is complying with the law, we don't think it is in the spirit of the law, because it does not introduce a truly open platform, and at some point the cable companies need to realize that what's good for their customers is good for their business."
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Mark M @ Jun 22nd 2007 12:38PM
Very interesting info, and it will be fascinating to see what happens over the rest of the year with the 3rd-party STB suppliers, CE manufacturers, and Vista. The next-to-last paragraph makes no sense until it has been cleaned up and copy-edited:
"We can certainly respect the cable companies desire to control their networks; after all they do own it, they do have a business to run, and rogue two-way CableCARD devices could cause a lot of havoc. While CableLabs is complying with the law, we don't think it is in the spirit of the law, because it does not introduce a truly open platform, and at some point the cable companies need to realize that what's good for their customers is good for their business."