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From: elaich 
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu
Subject: Re: Problems after installing Ubuntu (fairly long)
Date: 26 Feb 2007 18:20:15 GMT
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dgk  wrote in news:kv76u2pqa68q000lti06j1jaeaj9rkt98f@
4ax.com:

>  This
> whole DRM thing is not being driven my Microsoft; it's being driven by
> the "content providers". 

Oh, I don't agree with that. Bill Gates has been obsessed over piracy for 
a long time, maybe because he is one:

http://www.digitalresearch.biz/index.htm

Gates has long been moaning over pirated copies of Windows being used 
everywhere, but especially in the Third World. Vista goes a long ways 
towards locking up the holes that allowed Windows to be pirated. I can't 
blame Bill for wanting to protect his intellectual property, but better 
believe he marches in lockstep with the RIAA and SAG over DRM. It's a 
win-win situation for them - HOWEVER, as long as "holes" in the DRM 
system like Linux and Mac (and old versions of Windows) remain, there 
will be war. Tha's why I expect that, once Vista is firmly entrenched (3 
years maybe?) that Microsoft will finally go after Linux with no holds 
barred.

Microsoft's vision is one day your computer will merely be a dumb 
terminal that has to connect with the Microsoft servers to do anything. 
Access to software and the OS will depend on that connection. Vista takes 
the first step toward that, with Microsoft having the ability to cripple 
programs and the OS if something unkosher is found. 

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