____/ Mark Kent on Saturday 03 November 2007 09:33 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ Mark Kent on Friday 02 November 2007 21:54 : \____
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> ____/ [H]omer on Wednesday 31 October 2007 20:16 : \____
>>>>
>>>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>>>>
>>>>>> BBC on the iPlayer
>>>>>
>>>>> .----
>>>>> | The problem at the moment, there is no open source DRM. It?s almost
>>>>> | a contradiction in terms, if you have DRM how can you have it open
>>>>> | source? Because open source people will be able to find out how it
>>>>> | works and get round it.
>>>>> `----
>>>>>
>>>>> I can't figure out if Highfield is lying, or really that stupid.
>>>>>
>>>>> Here's a challenge for him...
>>>>>
>>>>> Here's the source to GPG:
>>>>> ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gnupg/gnupg-1.4.7.tar.bz2
>>>>>
>>>>> Here's the public GPG key I use for various things on my Website:
>>>>> http://slated.org/files/GPG-KEY-SLATED.asc
>>>>>
>>>>> Now use these two things together, and any other resources you need, to
>>>>> decrypt the following message. Then come back and explain exactly how
>>>>> open source precludes DRM security and facilitates cracking?
>>>>>
>>>>> I'll be waiting.
>>>>>
>>>>> -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----
>>>>> Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux)
>>>>>
>>>>> hQQOA18Su0lu6wAlEBAAgvbIUe4sODPSdKJhIg+fbKcAxKC55zMS2M/VK1bdYXom
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>>>>> -----END PGP MESSAGE-----
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Meanwhile, he should read this:
>>>>>
>>>>> .----
>>>>> | THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION APPROVES REALNETWORKS HELIX
>>>>> | DRM FOR BROADCAST FLAG USE
>>>>> |
>>>>> | Helix DRM Trusted Recorder and Helix DRM Trusted Client Enable
>>>>> | Storage and Playback of Secure Digital Television Broadcasts
>>>>> `----
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.realnetworks.com/company/press/releases/2004/helixdrm_fcc.html
>>>>>
>>>>> But then he should know all about RealNetworks solutions, since the BBC
>>>>> already makes such extensive use of them, or at least they used to,
>>>>> before they became the MSBBC.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Here's something else he should read:
>>>>>
>>>>> FairUse4WM - a WM/DRM removal program
>>>>> http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=114916
>>>>>
>>>>> So much for proprietary software somehow having the mystical property of
>>>>> preventing "people from finding out how it works and getting round it."
>>>>
>>>> Ashley Highfield appears to be prejudiced towards Free software. Spotted a
>>>> short moment ago:
>>>>
>>>> * BBC 'not in bed with Bill Gates' over iPlayer
>>>> * 11:40AM October 10/31/07, 2007
>>>> * And as for the battle with the Open Source Consortium? "The 12
>>>> people who
>>>> demonstrated outside our offices have every right to demonstrate," says
>>>> Ashfield. "But I think 'the 12 people' says it all."
>>>>
>>>> Highfield used the numbers of non-Windows users visiting bbc.co.uk
>>>> as
>>>> justification for the corporation's XP-only release. "We have 17.1 million
>>>> users of bbc.co.uk in the UK and, as far as our server logs can make out,
>>>> 5 per cent of those [use Macs] and around 400 to 600 are Linux users."
>>>> [PJ: If you design your website to work well only for one operating
>>>> system, chances are that is who will visit your website. Perhaps those of
>>>> you who live in the UK and use other operating systems may wish to inform
>>>> him of your interest. Politely, of course. Imagine if we all pay taxes,
>>>> but our taxes don't provide us services unless we as a group are
>>>> sufficiently numerous.] - Tech.co.uk
>>>>
>>>> http://www.groklaw.net/newsitems.php
>>>>
>>>> Groklaw has begun watching the MSBBC's fiaSCO more closely.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Frankly, I just do not believe those numbers at all. He's being
>>> /extremely/ untruthful here.
>>>
>>> In any case, it's the role of the BBC to serve *all* licence-fee payers,
>>> not just those who buy computers with pre-installed operating systems
>>> from the company he last worked for.
>>
>> Oh! He's being slammed for that FUD at the moment. I'll post this as a new
>> thread.
>
> Please do - that one is /really/ shocking. There are more daily linux
> users in my employer alone than that number. I detest people who lie in
> this way.
>
>>
>> I'm told that Ashley might have to start brushing up his CV and prepare to
>> look for another job. Maybe the folks at the Dark Forces will offer him a
>> desk and a good pat on the back of the shoulder.
>>
>
> He is utterly incompetent with respect to "futures". He really does
> need a new job. As you say, I think he'll go back to Microsoft, in
> fact, at least in his own head, I don't think he ever left.
It is a subculture of vanity. You can find some articles that very nicely
explain the twisted mindset of a Microsoft employee (never mind a senior).
It's revolting.
Hmmm...
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| Microsoft has warned Google to steer clear of corporate search,
| declaring that the market is "our house"....
|
| "Those people are not going to be allowed to take food off our plate,
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| because that is what they are intending to do."
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http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2160431/microsoft-warns-google-business
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