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  From: Glen Turner <glen.turner@aarnet.edu.au>
  To  : Stephen Donaldson <steve@cyberqual.com>
  Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 19:36:16 +1030

Re: end of linux and open source - nobody cares!!

Stephen Donaldson wrote:
> 
> Hmm i'm not sure I follow your logic, do you mean that the operating system will
> be no good if it does not have the ATA spec on the hard drive?

As far as I can tell, the "Hollywood Plan" is to implement
cryptography on the disk and graphics CPUs such that
the main CPU only ever sees random bits.

They can then distribute content over the Internet and
on Nintendo-style cartridge direct to video or disk.

Because the video and disk CPUs aren't as readily programmed
as the main CPU, this gives some level of copy protection.

> Does this kind of bullshit ever stop or is this the everlasting war we must
> face...

My guess is that we are currently going through one of those
"defining moments" where two cultures clash.  The short-term
odds are against Linux, so yes, we'll have to work harder to
retain the rights that we thought we already had.

Glen

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