____/ chrisv on Tuesday 08 January 2008 13:51 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>>> http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/01/04/vista.drm.and.netflix/
>>
>>When you enter an age when /disablement/ becomes a 'feature', then that's
>>trouble. I'm not just talking about access to media, but also availability of
>>physical hardware. This is insane. As the old saying goes, "what where they
>>THINKING?"
>
> I like this part: "to regain access, he would have to grant
> Microsoft's DRM system free reign to scan his system for videos
> regardless of their source"
>
> Micro$oft "customer service" at it's finest, there...
That ought not to be sracastic. Microsoft's customers are OEMs, Hollywood and
hardware makers like Intel who rely on forced upgrades.
End users? Naa... you'll just forced them to use whatever. They are just some
rotten side-effect in this whole complicated system where money is swapped and
shared at the end user's expense.
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