Alan Chandler wrote: > ... > If we then have a situation where Windows software has all these controls > built in to it - with keys being controlled back at Redmond, and Linux with > the keys being controlled by the owner of the PC (I am assuming the open > source community will still use the facilities provided by the hardware - but > will ensure that the software installer has the control) - then won't this > just provide greater commercial pressure for people to switch to open source > than now?
If intel or anyone else puts the DRM controls in their chips, it'll sure be a big incentive to buy some chinese or russian clones without DRM. M$ relies on x86 hardware. Linux can be ported to anything. Someone like Sun or some other hardware maker should mass produce non x86 PCs. That'll jettison M$ *and* intel from everyones worries. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
