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The Olympics should be as open as possible. There has to be some sort of monetary deal between Microsoft and NBC. This really could have been a great time to pu

The Olympics should be as open as possible. There has to be some sort of monetary deal between Microsoft and NBC. This really could have been a great time to push HTML5.

cpr 17y ago
Isn't there already a big tie in the form of MSNBC? Or has that been dissolved?
- natrius 17y ago
  NBC purchansed a majority stake in MSNBC, but Microsoft still owns 18%. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSNBC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSNBC
timthorn 17y ago
The Olympics is one big commercial venture, and has been for some time: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/markets/article-23807728-why-perrier-will-be-off-limits-in-the-2012-olympics.do http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/markets/article-23807728-why-p... Not to say that it /shouldn't/ be as open as possible, just that it isn't.
- dschobel 17y ago
  If there's any doubt about the deeply ingrained commercial nature of the games, there's this hilarious blog post from uvex: http://www.uvexsports.com/2010/02/blonde-we-like-wins-downhill-last-name.html http://www.uvexsports.com/2010/02/blonde-we-like-wins-downhi...
krobertson 17y ago
If you think the Olympics should be accessible to all, then HTML5 is definitely not the way. NBC's core audience is the general masses who are predominantly IE and couldn't do anything with HTML5 video.