__/ [ Linonut ] on Sunday 25 June 2006 16:45 \__
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o'
> wisdom:
>
>>> Looks like they're going to try to merge it into SQL Server. Not terribly
>>> surprising, really.
>>
>> Hmmm.... a filesystem that is dependent on a product or is accessible
>> through a separate product. Interesting, to say the least...
>>
>> Hypothetically-speaking: "Here is a music player with rich playlist
>> support. But here's the snag: it needs an Oracle databa$e to store songs
>> and playlists."
>
> Sounds like an excellent way to make people purchase more licenses.
It's more of a way of locking people's music collection, binding its
accessibility to a platform/product. It's a bit like DRM. Mark Pilgrim
recently decided to ditch Mac OS X in favour of Ubuntu. His albums were
stored in proprietary, binary format, so he realised the merit of openness.
Best wishes,
Roy
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