Microsoft wants you to upgrade to Media Player 9 for all versions of Windows with “DRM.” Don’t download or have your Windows media player automatically upgrade to this version. If Microsoft wins the media player market, you could lose your choice in electronic devices to play other formats!
“…Windows Media 9 is seen as an important technology advancement, as Microsoft jockeys to curb the threat open-source MPEG-4 poses to the company’s proprietary digital media formats. Microsoft sees the success of Windows Media 9 as crucial to selling Windows software for servers and embedded devices, say analysts…”
Read the full story at ZDNet News or CNET’s News.com. There is also a Slashdot discussion about Roxio’s Toast 5.1.4 upgrade, similar to this headline.
