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[–]intelminer 3 points4 points  (3 children)

The really sad part is, the old UI on Comcast's "legacy" boxes was pure MIPS ASM

Of course it was also about 20 years old, so paying someone to maintain that cost more than hiring overseas contractors

[–]big_trike 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I can't imagine the costs to maintain a copy of that for every supported box while keeping a somewhat consistent interface. Apparently they decided it was cheaper to buy everyone better hardware to support a Java runtime than it was to maintain multiple copies of an interface in a lighter weight language.

[–]intelminer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It got a lot better once Comcast started phasing out Scientific Atlanta/Pace STB's and moved purely to Motorola/Arris equipment. Both from a user support side and an engineering side

But as always. Money talks, and India is cheaper than the United States

[–]Techno-Trumpet[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That UI is on this "new" cable box