Microsoft soon to be known as microtrash.

They should just build the landfill on the Microsoft property.

Wasn't Disney behind this Dump Video Disk as well?

Hmmm.... I, for one, remember what DIVX was before it was a codec.

K

Wait for the next big bomb to drop.

Micro$oft did not invent this, or the concept. I just hope the person that did had the smarts to visit the USPO. Prior art does exist for the DVD, CD and the VHS market as well. I held the self erasing VHS in my hand while the guy (salesman) explained that this would be available for CD's and all other analog or digital media.

I predict that Micro$oft will one day claim that "all characters typed on a computer screen are owned by Micro$oft" forcing all of us to pay a "per-character royalty"...just you wait.

Before that one goes to "kort", expect them to make a claim on Air, Mouse, HTML, Keyboard, Computer and a whole bunch of other silly stuff.

"Computer?" you say...they tried to force the BIOS industries to do the same utter crap they did with the X-BOX. If the computer was sold as "Windows Compatible", they did not want it booting anything else – period. This is for real – not a conspiracy theory. They are getting whacked (have gotten whacked) in court for this. It had to do with the discounted price computer companies were selling bundled Operating System/Utilities packages for. They claimed that the software package was worth $500.00 USD and sold the computers for $888.00. Now, you have to guess at the parts cost because of bulk prices and OEM discounts. That package could not have cost any more than $50.00.

Imagine that, running Linux on your “Windows Only” computer would be breaking the law. Or, if you were to build your own computer, it would only run non-M$ software. If you booted an M$ product on it you would go to jail.

But I rant on...sorry.

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Microsoft soon to be known as microtrash.

All companies should be taxed hard or forced to have a return postage preapplied to a one time use product.

Disposable dvds are going to add up to a big recycling problem . Video stores will have to have a return policy inorder to force a customer to return a used dvd to get the next one. But like that will ever work.