Bernard Keene over at Crikey trotted out this little gem in the free Crikey newsletter that added to the clutter already existing in my inbox -
Foxtel and Microsoft joined forces this morning to announce a fascinating new partnership!!!!
Fascinating? New? what planet is Bernard on? Microsoft and News Corp (part owners of Foxtel along with Telstra and a few others) are monopolists pure and simple, in Microsoft’s case it’s been proven in the US courts and is demonstrated daily by the 90% + of computer users who sustain the Microsoft monopoly. Less than a year ago when Murdoch started to firm up his battle lines with Google, News Corp and Microsoft announce this little pact.
So what is actually surprising about Foxtel and Microsoft getting it together on another media platform? Possibly the fact that it took almost nine months…oh how silly of me! Congratulations guys.
