Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Apparently <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Toshiba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Toshiba</span></a> rushed <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HDDVD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HDDVD</span></a> so hard to the market they <em>literally</em> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=shared&amp;t=916&amp;v=2G9n0vJiKXw" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">released</a> a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Pentium4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pentium4</span></a>-based <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> box with a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Desktop</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Drive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Drive</span></a> as their first <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Player" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Player</span></a>... </p><ul><li>Any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/veteran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>veteran</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KernelDevs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KernelDevs</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lawyers</span></a> wanna pull a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BusyBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BusyBox</span></a> and <em>beat the HD-DVD specs out of them</em> in court?</li></ul><p>Please, go ahead!</p><ul><li>And yes, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpTLR0VWqO4&amp;t=240s" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">prolonged</a> the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FormatWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FormatWar</span></a> at the expense ob <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bluray" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bluray</span></a> solely to get their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Streaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Streaming</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Download" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Download</span></a> business off the ground.</li></ul><p>So in the format war of blu-ray vs HD-DVD vs <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HDVMD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HDVMD</span></a> (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Z4iL8hy1A" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">yes you read right</a> there <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsCzfENI_pU" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">existed a 3rd format</a>, HD-VMD, that just tried to do absurd layer numbers to still use red lasers and be in theory cheaper to make discs and drives for!), the real winner are <em>shitty Streaming Services</em> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Netflix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Netflix</span></a> and the like.</p><ul><li>Tho I still think <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BitTorrent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BitTorrent</span></a> owns them all as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/delistings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>delistings</span></a> and absurdly high <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/subscription" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>subscription</span></a> fees and lack of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/physical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physical</span></a> releases at reasonable prices resurged <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/piracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>piracy</span></a> , but that's just me <em><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ReadingTheRoom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReadingTheRoom</span></a></em> and saying the obvious thing noone wants to admit.</li></ul><p>I just don't pirate so I can talk about it!</p>