The Digital Bits: $150 million NOT from Microsoft

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Originally Posted by BStecke

According to the Digital Bits today, they have traced the $150 million payoff to Paramount, and it did not come from Microsoft. Word is it came from Toshiba and other sources, but Microsoft didn't cut the checks. Take that however you want . . . I'm kind of glad it came from Toshiba . . . if they keep throwing money away, hopefully this whole thing will be zipped up sooner than we thought.

Oh come on already are you that gullible to believe this. Toshiba doesn't have this kind of $$ to throw around at present. This came from Microsoft period. Perhaps it came into Toshiba or the HD-DVD group in different ways, but it is almost completely sourced from Microsoft. End of discussion.