This is a killer from your article:

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Asked whether Microsoft is now doing just that, Weber said that in the end, "It's about money and the cost to the PC industry." Whereas the overall Blu-ray royalty structure adds up to $30 per PC drive, she said, everything a PC vendor needs to support HD-DVD "comes free, shipped and integrated with Vista — Microsoft Corp.'s next-generation operating system."



$30! What are they thinking? The hardware won't even cost that much in volume. That prices them completely out of the market. That would turn into a ~ $150 cost adder.

(Dell won't stick Blu-Ray if the $30 is even close to correct).
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