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From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_DVD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_DVD: > One of the issues was that Blu-ray Disc companies wanted to use a Java-based
by tenebrisalietum 4y ago
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_DVD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_DVD:
> One of the issues was that Blu-ray Disc companies wanted to use a Java-based platform for interactivity (BD-J based on Sun Microsystems' Java TV standards), while HD DVD companies wanted to use Microsoft's "iHD" (which became HDi).[20]
Microsoft had a direct interest in HD-DVD succeeding as it could sell iHD dev kits and licenses.
Edit ... maybe not, as I read on the article looks like Microsoft didn't actually provide tools so ... not sure then.