Sonic Solutions and Microsoft into DVD writing

On the Microsoft PressPass site we can read a press release from Sonic Solutions and Microsoft about their agreement on DVD-Authoring Technology.

Jan. 9, 2002 -- Microsoft Corp. and Sonic Solutions today announced that Microsoft has licensed Sonic's DVD-Video-authoring technology. Under the terms of the multiyear agreement, Sonic will provide core technology and development expertise to Microsoft. The companies will also cooperate in a number of ways in marketing, customer education and standards development for their DVD-related products.

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Introduced in 1997, DVD-Video is the most successful new consumer entertainment format ever, surpassing by a wide margin the adoption rates of the audio compact disc and VCR. By the end of 2002, more than 50 percent of all U.S. homes will have DVD players or DVD PCs, according to Adams Media Research.

Does this mean windows will be updated with the possibility to write DVD's? They already offer the writing of normal CDRs so this looks like a normal development...

Source: Presspass