[H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> espoused:
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
>> HBO Exec: Don't Call It DRM
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | People don't like DRM, perhaps that's just because it's such a smelly
>> | word. HBO's chief technology officer Bob Zitter thinks so, he wants
>> | to ditch the term DRM in favor of "DCE," or, "Digital Consumer
>> | Enablement."
>> `----
>>
>> http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/05/hbos_exec_dont_.html
>
> ROTFLMFAO!!!!
>
> Tell me this, Bob ... what exactly is "enabling" about restrictions?
>
> *What* a coconut.
>
>> It's like Microsoft habit of constantly renaming its search engine, changing
>> the user interface, and heralding the arrival of an all new and improved
>> search engine. The same goes for the Zune and XBox360, among other products.
>> It's still a pig in a dress, not a girlfriend.
>
> How many times did they rename Trusted Computing? Didn't it start out
> life as "Paladium"? Oh, here's the list here:
>
> "TC / TCG / LaGrande / NGSCB / Longhorn / Palladium / TCPA"
>
> http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html
>
> More?
>
> Like you say, you can paint the pig with lipstick, but it's still a pig.
>
DCE - Deliberate Customer Entrapment
Destructive Consumer Engagement
Dangerous Conniving Executive
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