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  From: Adam Smith <adam.smith@sageautomation.com>
  To  : Ant <fineales@ozemail.com.au>
  Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 09:09:20 +0930

Re: What? WHat? WHAt? Microsoft porting to Linux?

On Tue, Apr 29, 2003 at 04:00:05PM +0930, Ant said:
> On Tue, 2003-04-29 at 14:54, David Lloyd wrote:
> > 
> > James,
> > 
> > > http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21371.html
> > 
> > My gut reaction is "so what?". Microsoft themselves have decided to pay
> > someone to port something rather than waiting for the open source
> > community to port it by themselves...
> 
> Not really. There allready are linux solutions. But its all about
> digital rights managment. Nobody seems to want it. Linux seems to be the
> loudest complaint about it. Why DeCSS? Because I cant watch my DVD under

This paragraph sums that up:


"More importantly, porting to Linux allows Microsoft to get its
digital-rights management software into the consumer device market. This
puts Redmond in a position to be a gatekeeper for Hollywood and the music
industry, which already have seen what happens when consumers start
swapping digital files. This gatekeeper role could be highly profitable for
Microsoft."


"to he a gatekeeper for Hollywood and the music industry."

That's all they're interested in.  They're not interested in the fact that
this is Linux -- what's most important to Microsoft is that they don't get
lost along the way.  Remember how many of the massive companies approached
to implement MS-Passport considered and rejected the system?  I think
Microsoft are planning to throw themselves through the door this time,
instead of just putting their foot in it and hoping it will open.


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Adam Smith
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