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Fuck you Microsoft, I'm switching to Linux.
Citing the licensing fees (one has to pay the MPEGLA and others to use the technologies in DVDs if you are selling it*) and increasing obsolescence of the format (up to and including the rise of tablets, netbooks and other laptop like devices without onboard DVD drives) Microsoft has said they will not be including DVD support with standard versions of the upcoming Windows 8 (naturally media center versions will have).
It is but a simple install for any end user (any number of programs have very good DVD parsing ability including popular alternatives Media Player Classic and VLC) and most OEM machines, if they have DVD drives, will tend to include a basic player (usually powerDVD).
Basic media player will still be available (no word on any European editions without it yet) and DVD support, if desired for Windows Media Player, can be purchased from the upgrade options that were formerly known as Windows Anytime Upgrade.
Microsoft is however supporting other, newer formats, including H264, VC-1 (what WMV eventually became), MP4 container and the likes of AAC and WMA audio. Microsoft does sit on several bit video patent boards and has a stake in H264 (it backs it for HTML5 video over WEBm) and it had a big hand in creating VC-1 and WMA.
*this and CSS protection is why many Linux and BSD distributions that have not licensed such things for use will kick DVD and certain codec support to "unofficial" repositories or have distributions that are not supposed to be shipped in areas with software patents.
Users will either have to pay to upgrade to the ‘Media Center’ or download extra, third-party software if they do want to play films.
Microsoft had previously announced that, unlike Windows 7, Windows 8 will not come packaged with the Media Center software as standard.
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Windows Media Center available to Windows 8 customers via the Add Features to Windows 8 control panel (formerly known as Windows Anytime Upgrade). This ensures that customers who are interested in Media Center have a convenient way to get it.
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Fuck you Microsoft, I'm switching to Linux.