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Another data point: Windows Media Center is either not available in the to-be-upgraded-to-licensed version of Windows and you have to buy it now, or it's not av
by cm3 10y ago
Another data point: Windows Media Center is either not available in the to-be-upgraded-to-licensed version of Windows and you have to buy it now, or it's not available anymore, don't remember. But people's HTPC's were updated and there was no Media Center anymore. What did users do? They installed a non-Windows media center solution, completely replacing Windows. This cannot be in Microsoft's interest, unless they want to rid themselves of those users.
- ascagnel_ 10y agoIn the US, at least, WMC was the only commercially-available software that supported anything other than copy-freely CableCard programs. So if you were planning on watching Game of Thrones (HBO is usually a channel whose programs are copy-flagged), MS screwed you pretty badly.