Re: 'It'll be ugly when half the software industry goes away' - pundit

[John Bailo <jabailo@xxxxxxxxxx>]

[H]omer wrote:

> There's definitely a hard push away from proprietary licensing and
> towards services right now. That represents two problems for Microsoft.
> First their entire operation is currently dependant on the proprietary
> licensing model, and second they've proved themselves utterly
> incompetent in the services sector.

This has been my answer to DRM all along.

As long as you don't have to "store" the song and can get it streaming 
via WiMax, you don't need DRM -- you do need a license (using a standard 
SSL cert) to a music or video service.

The point is moot.