The critique with the line "The Vista Content Protection specification could
very well constitute the longest suicide note in history" [Gutman,  "A Cost
Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection"] is at
http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html
Peter


On 7/19/07, Jim Lux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

At 04:20 AM 7/19/2007, andrew holway wrote:


http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2007/01/20/windows-vista-content-protection-twenty-questions-and-answers.aspx

the other foot



Note well the following phrases:
"...scenario for consumers who are looking to enjoy great next generation
content experiences on their PCs "
"In this way, the [Vista] PC functions the same as any other consumer
electronics device."


That's it.. a Vista PC is a TV/DVD player that can also run office
applications.

(I do find humorous all the references to viewing medical imagery
simultaneously with watching protected HD-DVD content.  Yeah, that's what
*I* want the radiologist  on call doing.. watching a movie while he/she
studies my CAT scan.)



On 19/07/07, Tim Cutts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

James Lux, P.E.
Spacecraft Radio Frequency Subsystems Group
Flight Communications Systems Section
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mail Stop 161-213
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena CA 91109
tel: (818)354-2075
fax: (818)393-6875

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