Gates dismisses next-gen DVD formats
As the war between the HD-DVD and Blu-Ray camps continues, Bill Gates has revealed that he favours neither next-gen format - arguing that both are doomed to extinction by the advent of digital distribution systems.
In a speech delivered to a packed crowd at Washington DC’s Howard University, Gates stated : "The format that’s under discussion right now, HD versus Blu-ray, that’s simply the last physical format we’ll ever have."
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