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The Toronto Star: Rogers tests new interactive service (Linux set-tops nudging out WebTV?)

[ Thanks to hey
for this link. ]

“The move signals a departure from Microsoft Corp.’s WebTV
concept, which was embraced by Rogers in July, 1999, when the
world’s largest software company made a $600 million equity
investment in the Toronto-based cable giant.

Analysts said Rogers Interactive TV, launched last November on
Microsoft’s WebTV software platform, may be upstaged by what
appears to be a faster and more flexible service that’s based on
the rival Linux operating system.


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