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>Who the fuck was still using Webtv in 2015??
Excellent question Anon! BIG Connection trail discovered!
WebTV =
MSN TV =
MSN TV 2 =
XBOX =
XBOX360
Article highlights:
"Then, when it came time for an upgrade in 2004, the company released the MSN TV 2 with innards that were closer to the original Xbox than to the original WebTV."
"in 2013, more than 15 years after originally purchasing WebTV in 1997, and nine years after the release of the MSN TV 2, Microsoft said enough. That's when they finally killed the a set-top device intended to take over the world."
"a number of members of the Xbox team were alums of the WebTV service, and their fingerprints were all over the 360 in particular."
Excellent In-Depth Sauce:
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/4xaqe9/why-webtvs-remote-controlled-internet-failed-to-take-off
Early Clown Comms From WebTV to MSN TV to XBOX360
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