[IP] GOOD QUOTES IPTV quote
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From: Bob Frankston <Bob19-0501@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: December 16, 2005 5:38:35 PM EST
To: Dave Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: IPTV quote
I’ve been looking through the Microsoft site to understand IPTV but
won’t bore the readers who can explore themselves but I did run
across some telling comments on http://msdn.microsoft.com/embedded/
getstart/devplat/stb/ipstbview/osipstb/osbtm3/default.aspx
IP set-top boxes are closed devices. The user cannot install
applications; the operator deploys and/or enables applications.
An IPTV service operates in a closed network environment. Web
surfing is limited to the operator's own walled garden or goes
through the operator's firewalls and protection mechanisms, such as
virus scanners.
This IPTV stuff is no more IP than WAP was really the wireless Internet.
Bob Frankston
http://www.frankston.com
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