Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> __/ [ Jerry McBride ] on Wednesday 07 February 2007 22:51 \__
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>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>> Proprietary software will kill PC in 30 years, conference told
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | If proprietary software continues to dominate, within 10 years no one
>>> | will be able to store any file and even view their own content without
>>> | first paying a service provider to see it and the PC as we know it
>>> | will be gone within 30 years.
>>> `----
>>>
>>>
>>
>
http://m-net.net.nz/latest-news/1405/proprietary-software-will-kill-pc-in-30-years-conference-told/1/read.php
>>>
>>>
>>
>> 30 years? I think it will be more like 4 years or less. If we don't start
>> doing some SERIOUS DRM, TPM, TC, etc killing... we'll be tied to big
>> brother a lot sooner than most people think.
>
> I thought it was just a figure of speech. Or means of adding drama, not in
> text, but in speech. I think that Knopper said this to a crowd, but I
> didn't read this carefully (too much good Linux is flooding the Web and I
> just try to catch up while missing plenty).
>
> The growth of Linux will be explosive. It has all that it takes to make
> it. Low cost (free) and network effect. The tipping point was surpassed
> some time last year, IMHO. We're now sliding upwards at a pace that will
> increase exponentially. Now, if only my capacity for posting to COLA could
> increase exponentially to show this... ;-)
>
The THING that bothers me is that Windows (with DRM) is being force fed to
millions of sheeple (sheep + people) as we speak. Is those mindless
millions of consumers don't balk at DRM and all it's implications... then
it causes me to shudder with the thought that "all is lost".
Time will tell and I hope I'm wrong.
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Jerry McBride
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