Doctorow's DRM Dissertation http://www.debiantutorials.org Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:34:19 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.debiantutorials.org/component/content/58?task=view#josc565 I think this article is great, As a carpenter,I dont get a repeat or royalty every time someone opens a door I made or uses a staircase I built tedc Mon, 25 May 2009 08:17:07 +0100 http://www.debiantutorials.org/component/content/58?task=view#josc569 I can agree with this article. It almost makes people want to steal the content more when it is protected by DRM. You don\'t see someone shoplifting a cheap item that is not worth very much, but the items that are worth something. matthew Thu, 28 May 2009 13:10:24 +0100 http://www.debiantutorials.org/component/content/58?task=view#josc570 A wake up call to Microsoft that I\'m sure they\'ll ignore. For me, it\'s all about hardware lifecycles and CONTROL. I don\'t use Windows any more for exactly the reasons set out in this article. As soon as unique OS license keys kicked in on Windows, I could not move my life to new, improved hardware without having to fork out for ANOTHER Windows license. So I gave up on Windows. Time my home machine is getting Ubuntu. I\'m saving £100. How do I know? I used the hardware vendor\'s configurator and politely declined the offer to have an OS bundled. I wouldn\'t touch Vista now if you paid me, NOT for any technical reason, but because I have a 2-year hardware refresh cycle and over Vista\'s lifetime, I\'d have spent £500 on an OS, when there are OSes out there for free. Note that I\'m happy to BUY something of value to me. The improved hardware offers value. I just don\'t want to KEEP ON BUYING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN. Particularly when no additional value is being offered. I\'m looking at you Vista. Your more experienced older sister XP still rocks. I build IT systems for a living. My company pays for licenses, so no skin off my nose, to put Windows on, right? Wrong. For Windows, I need permission, I need to fill out forms. I need to involve purchasing. I have to talk to (shudder) commercial people and their long, drawn-out processes. Someone ELSE is in control. Linux requires no PERMISSION. I\'m in the driving seat, I\'m in control. Microsoft\'s basic problem is that they no longer hold anything of any comparative value. Please read that again. ***Comparative value.*** Windows XP vs. Ubuntu? Much of a muchness... Office vs. OpenOffice? There\'s a difference? Microsoft Flight Simulator ROCKED at the time IN COMPARISON. No longer original. Dead. Microsoft is in an unfortunate position where people \"buy\" their products because it\'s the default, it\'s bundled. Few ACTIVELY go out and buy Microsoft. Most get Vista because THEY DON\'T CARE. People buy a Mac or install Linux because they DO CARE. One day, people won\'t notice that they\'re not using Microsoft. Any they still won\'t care. So what can Microsoft do? Make people care. Make something brilliant. Promote a few of their R&D people, sack a few of their lawyers. Get rid of the DRM. Hive off the cash cow and rebrand the innovators as \"Newsoft\". Just don\'t end up as the next Kodak. David Bond Fri, 29 May 2009 15:15:27 +0100