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Microsoft Chants Open, Interoperability Mantra

Original Post authored by Om Malik on 2/21/2008 on GigaOm

msft_open.jpegMicrosoft is changing the way it does business and is opening up, according to a long elaborate press release the company issued this morning. I am reading through it and will try and make sense of it all.



Open Source STB: Wave of the Future or Guaranteed Flop?

Original Post authored by Don Reisinger on 1/23/2008 on NewTeeVee

Over the past few years, the set-top box industry has been nothing short of a disaster. In addition to Digeo, makers of the Moxi DMR, cutting its workforce in half and ditching most of its products, TiVo - the world's most popular DVR company - lost almost $48 million last year, easily eclipsing the company's $34 million loss in 2006.



Dell Thinks Small Biz is Big Biz for VoIP

Original Post authored by Carleen Hawn on 1/23/2008 on GigaOm

Dell begins bundling Fonalityメs open-source software with its enterprise servers today, its latest gambit to compete in the already-crowded VoIP market ラ this time targeting companies with 125 employees or fewer.



How the "CEO-Janitor" Cleaned Up With Dell

Original Post authored by Carleen Hawn on 1/23/08 on FoundRead

Chris Lyman, the founder of the VoIP startup, Fonality, blogs under the moniker Janitorラ which he prefers to his other title: CEO.



Miro Makes Its Move into a Crowded Field

Original Post authored by Jackson West on 11/14/07 on NewTeeVee

Miro, nee Democracy Player, released its version 1.0 Tuesday, officially leaving beta behind. The open source video subscription, download and viewing client from the Participatory Culture Foundation (PCF) hopes to be not just more open, but more popular than other online video services.



What Joost And Miro Could Learn From Each Other

Original Post authored by Janko Roettgers on 11/04/2007 on NewTeeVee

The folks over at the Participatory Culture Foundation are gearing up for the 1.0 release of their Miro video player, formerly known as Democracy, and you can practically hear them sharpening their knives. The Getmiro.com web site is now featuring a comparison of Miro and Joost, and Joost doesn't get much love: Miro is open like the Internet. Joost works like a cable company with DRM. Snap!