[Fwd: don't we all just love vista?]
Derek Atkins
warlord at MIT.EDU
Thu Jan 25 09:33:55 EST 2007
"Ben Scott" <dragonhawk at gmail.com> writes:
> On 1/24/07, Bill McGonigle <bill at bfccomputing.com> wrote:
>> Who wants to lay odds as to whether this will be 'fixed' via Vista
>> SP1 once the ink is dry on whatever contracts Microsoft is trying to
>> get done with Hollywood?
>
> I doubt that will happen. The media cartels would see that as a
> broken copy restriction mechanism, and block playback of their future
> releases on it. Like they did when that CSS key got found in
> someone's software distribution. Besides which, remember, Microsoft
> wants to be in the market of media distribution now, so they like the
> idea of copy restrictions. Microsoft and the media cartels, it's like
> a match made in heaven. Or hell, more likely.
Vista marketting is doing its job well. A friend of my parents keeps
saying to me "I'm putting off buying a new laptop until I can get one
with Vista on it" and I keep asking her why. The only response she has
is that "My friends tell me Vista is better." Or "it's new". Or
something to that affect. I've been trying to convince her to just
get the new laptop now and not worry about Vista, but their marketting
department is doing a great brainwashing job!
> -- Ben
-derek
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