Microsoft Still On HD DVD's Side

Despite Hollywood's growing support for Sony's Blu-Ray technology, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's chief executive reaffirmed Microsoft's support for HD DVD.

Microsoft's next generation operating system, Windows Vista, which will be launched at the end of 2006, is going to be compatible with Toshiba's HD DVD format, Ballmer stated. Also, the Redmond giant settled to introduce support for HD DVD as soon as more compatible drives arrive on the market, so initially, the format will not be supported in Windows Vista.