__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Tuesday 03 April 2007 14:47 \__
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> What Apple DRM-Free Means to Microsoft
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| "This is a great PR win for Apple and [CEO] Steve Jobs," Michael
>>| Gartenberg, a research director with JupiterResearch wrote this
>>| morning in a blog entry about the Apple-EMI deal. "Apple was seen
>>| as the company delivering DRM-free music to consumers, a move that
>>| will only increase their overall mindshare and of course, mindshare
>>| has a funny way of becoming more marketshare."
>> `----
>>
>>
http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/games_consumer/what_apple_drm_free_means_to_microsoft.html
>>
>
> This particular story describes an issue of momentous proportion. The
> whole DRM debate has just taken a major turn. Combine this with
> next-gen DVD being cracked so that anyone can play the DVDs /which they
> have paid for/, then the "DRM will save Vista" argument looks a little
> short of legs.
I don't think it was supposed to save Vista, but rather to help Microsoft's
relationship with some other powerful people. It's all about greedy people
who think alike and liaise in order to screw the customer.
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