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Re: [News] Apple & Microsoft Ruin Multimedia; DRM Alternative(ish) Proposed

__/ [ John Locke ] on Wednesday 18 April 2007 17:25 \__

> On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:24:21 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>>How Microsoft and Apple are screwing users on multimedia, how to avoid
>>getting screwed ... and what Ogg files are and how to play them on your
>>system
>>
> Since we use the Edgy box as a multimedia jukebox, there's no problem
> with Ogg. If Microsoft ever did add Ogg to WMP, I wouldn't use it.  On
> the XP box, I just use VLC.
> 
> The point is, Microsoft is NEVER EVER going to give the customer a
> break. Maybe when they're on their ass. Until then, there are lots of
> alternatives.

That is why the conflict of interest hurts industry.

* O/S maker makes browser O/S dependent

* A/V vendors need O/S to be less secure

* O/S maker/media provider will want streams that are O/S dependent

* Hardware that's Linux-hostile (e.g. BIOS). Have a look

,----[ Quote ]
| From: Bill Gates
| Sent: Sunday, January 24, 1999 8:41 AM
| To: Jeff Westorinen; Ben Fathi
| Cc: Carl Stork (Exchange); Nathan Myhrvold; Eric Rudder
| Subject: ACPI extensions
| 
| One thing I find myself wondering about is whether we shouldn't try
| and make the "ACPI" extensions som
| 
| It seems unfortunate if we do this work and get our partners to do the
| work and the results is that Linux...
| 
| Maybe there is no way to avoid this problem but it does bother me.
| 
| Maybe we could define the APIs so that they work well with NT and not
| the others even if they are open.
| 
| Or maybe we could patent something related to this.
`----

http://edge-op.org/iowa/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03020.pdf

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