Microsoft Licensing Fee Intended To Reduce Hobbyists 355
BokLM writes "Microsoft's Amir Majidimehr, Corporate VP of the Windows Digital Media Division, explained at a DRM conference in London why they require a license fee from device makers." From the article: "According to Amir, the fee is not intended to recoup the expenses Microsoft incurred in developing their DRM, or to turn a profit. The intention is to reduce the number of licensees to a manageable level, to lock out 'hobbyists' and other entities that Microsoft doesn't want to have to trouble itself with."
hobby (Score:5, Funny)
more patience than me (Score:5, Funny)
anagram (Score:5, Funny)
Another one? (Score:5, Funny)
Monopoly 101 (Score:1, Funny)
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Re:Another one? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Things haven't changed since 1976... (Score:3, Funny)
Holds true for some values of "more" and "advance"
OTOH, if you factor out Mr. Softy, and just consider $800_pound_gorilla, I think a contrary case can be made that the positive network effect of $800_pound_gorilla has been substantial.
Consider CUA, or any other standard that has helped focus the market.
Somewhere between monoculture and chaos is a reasonable operating point.
So, a helpful question might be: how can we manage $800_pound_gorilla such that we minimize chaos without venturing into the Mordor of monoculture?
TranslatorBot To The Rescue (Score:3, Funny)
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We write software! NOT YOU!
Re:Another one? (Score:5, Funny)
Here's a little viral propaganda you might like to try spreading. Refer to it always as the war against terror. In conversation. In posts. On IRC. It's the war AGAINST terror. Try to get that alternative phrase into common currency. Get your friends to do the same. Spread the meme throughout /. - there's nearly a million of us, and we're quite talkative, so if we work in concert to subvert the language we can make a difference. Think of it as linguistic Googlebombing.
It's just possible that the acronym of the new phrase, and its appropriateness to the likes of Bush and Blair, will have a subliminal effect on all who hear the phrase. George Bush leads us in the war against terror. TWAT.
Re:Things haven't changed since 1976... (Score:4, Funny)
Do you have a Torrent link for that movie? (j/k)