__/ [ siju ] on Saturday 26 May 2007 17:04 \__
> Hi all,
>
> Recently i was reading the article:
> http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/937/3
>
> it is described here as follows :
>
> And Linux/OSX systems have been left out in the cold. Some people are
> naturally frustrated with Intel's close partnership with Microsoft,
> feeling that it's yet another example of stifling the competition.
> Whatever the reason however, there's no doubt that the Viiv experience
> will in reality be a Microsoft experience.
>
> now my question is to what extent this is true????
This little 'experience' is waste of transistors and it's a /negative/
experience. It's about user restrictions or -- as Microsoft would probably
call it -- enablement. The whole thing is a farce intended to take away your
freedoms and rights.
Who do You Trust with Your Computing?
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| Helios was speaking out against trusted computing (TC) and Digital
| Rights Management (DRM) that is humming softly at the hardware and
| software level inside YOUR computer right now. That's right! Chances
| are, it's already made it on a chip on your and my motherboards...but
| it's there. Soon, if what can happen does happen...we'll all be so
| very unhappy at being told how we can and can't operate our PCs.
|
| Some of you may be asking, "what the heck are you talking about?
| They can't tell me how I can use my computer inside my own home".
| Unfortunately, that statement is false. DRM chips are already on a
| majority of motherboards and even built into some processors (viiv
| anyone?). All it takes is a flip of the switch and you'll do what
| Microsoft or any other company that wants to manage your rights
| for you tells you to do whether you like it or not. That is, ofc
| ourse, unless you use Linux :) Linux has always been about
| choice...we choose to compute in ways WE want to...not ways
| that are defined for us.
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