Some may think that the comments made at IBC by NDS president Dr Abe Peled about Microsoft as a rival IPTV solutions-provider are just sour grapes but visitors to IBC who passed through Schiphol airport or train station might think instead he's had some deeply traumatic experience with MS operating systems.
This shot show an MS OS error message being displayed on the airport’s arrivals boards yesterday (Saturday) and something similar was seen by your correspondent earlier in the week. The planes still seemed to land safely (and on time)but…
Oh, and Peled is quoted as saying that his company’s “IPTV solution is differentiated from Microsoft in only one way: ours works. Television is an experience that does not permit messages like 'please wait: system rebooting', or 'Virus Alert'."