So I'm not touching either format with a 10-foot pole until the eventual loser has been shaken out. Doubly so since there is some question as to the stability of the specs anyway, so backing the winner might not turn out to be much better than picking the loser would have been. Confidence inspiring it isn't.
As for downloads, gimme a break! The rural area of the US I live in isn't going to have anything like reliable or affordable high-speed any time soon, I don't fancy the chances of downloading a whole movie with any realistic level of compression at dial-up speeds when most YouTube, Flash and MP3 content is barely tolerable, and we don't bother with movies on pay-per-view when we can choose from a far wider selection at rental for the same price. Physical media will always rule victorious in such circumstances.
Not that I'd rule out Microsoft's indirectly, unofficially funding something so as to sow uncertainty and doubt when they may stand to gain from that situation. *cough*SCO*cough*.
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So I'm not touching either format with a 10-foot pole until the eventual loser has been shaken out. Doubly so since there is some question as to the stability of the specs anyway, so backing the winner might not turn out to be much better than picking the loser would have been. Confidence inspiring it isn't.
As for downloads, gimme a break! The rural area of the US I live in isn't going to have anything like reliable or affordable high-speed any time soon, I don't fancy the chances of downloading a whole movie with any realistic level of compression at dial-up speeds when most YouTube, Flash and MP3 content is barely tolerable, and we don't bother with movies on pay-per-view when we can choose from a far wider selection at rental for the same price. Physical media will always rule victorious in such circumstances.
Not that I'd rule out Microsoft's indirectly, unofficially funding something so as to sow uncertainty and doubt when they may stand to gain from that situation. *cough*SCO*cough*.