After much speculation on whether or not Redmond would jump on the Blu-ray high-definition DVD bandwagon, CEO Steve Ballmer answered with a definitive “yes” last week during a Q&A at Microsoft’s MIX08 conference.
In fact, the company is already working to add Blu-ray support to its Windows operating system, he said.
Microsoft is one of the last holdouts in the high-def format war to declare support for Sony’s Blu-ray. It has been offering high-def players for its Xbox 360 game console based on Toshiba’s HD DVD, but said late last month that it would stop manufacturing them. But Microsoft had stopped short of blessing Blu-ray until now.
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