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ars technica - Windows DRM? We're ok with that.

Posted by amenditman on · 4 comments
blog of heliOS; By Ken Starks
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A recent slashdot article outlined some of the DRM that can be found in the new Microsoft stab at relevancy - Windows 7. Unfortunately, Peter Bright, the author of the ars technica piece doesn't see a thing wrong with it. Peter goes on to excoriate the slashdot piece just like any good Redmond apologist would but it was the last paragraph of the article that snatched me by the nether regions:

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Comments (4)

helios is getting trolls, that must mean he is getting the truth out.

Me, well I like the idea of Winders DRM. I like and encourage m$ to do everything they can to screw up the lives of their customers. Not that they listen to me or any other human on Earth.

helios, you just keep calling them like you see them. We all owe you Thanks.
I'm with CP here, I think both Apple and Microsoft need to strengthen their DRM, and while they are at it make the test for pirated versions stronger and the lockouts stronger.
I think Microsoft should lobby for long jail sentences for anyone failing the Windows validation tests. I'd really hate to see Microsoft lose revenue to software pirates, so they need to make their customers afraid to even turn on their computers.
Headline China "Man found guilty of selling pirated copies of the Microsoft Windows operating system sentenced to death today"

Microsoft responds "It's only our software, it's their laws. Who are we to interfere?"

In unrelated news, more protests in the case of Microsoft purchasing votes for the ISO acceptance of the OOXML2 standard.

*please note this is fictitious ... for now*

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