From DRM to Rights Management Services

miladus writes "Microsoft has formed an academic Think Tank on Trustworthy Computing. The Academic Board is to advise Microsoft on 'security, privacy and reliability enhancements in[...] products and technologies so that Microsoft can obtain critical feedback on product and policy issues related to its Trustworthy Computing.' An interview with two members of the board is an interesting read, especially concerning the global implications of privacy. Of note, is the absence of DRM discussion. But DRM shows up as 'Rights Management Services' in the promised Widows Rights Management Services to be released later this year. it will deliver a 'platform-based approach to persistent policy rights for Web content and sensitive corporate documents of all types'"

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bah!!

[Anonymous Coward]

TechWeb reports ( http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/biztech/02/20/outgoin g.exec/index.html )on some interesting comments by retiring Microsoft executive David Stutz:
"A retiring Microsoft executive delivered a kick in the pants to his former employer, warning in a version of his resignation letter that he posted to the Internet that Microsoft is in danger of being swept away by open source.
Microsoft faces the same embrace-or-be-destroyed alternatives with open source that it faced with the Internet years ago, David Stutz said, Microsoft's group program manager for the Shared Source Common Language Initiative until his recent retirement.
"Stop looking over your shoulder and invent something!" Stutz said in the letter.
He also warned, "Recovering from current external perceptions of Microsoft as a paranoid, untrustworthy, greedy, petty, and politically inept organization will take years."
Surprisingly, Microsoft said it agrees with much of Stutz's vision of the future."

and in conclusion, once again, FUCK YOU M$ and all your minions.

Re:Microsoft Widows indeed

[Anonymous Coward]

Dear Sir,

Thank your for sharing. May I repsond in kind?

*ahem*

During the course of my years upon this so-fine planet of ours, I have found one truth and one truth only: that opinions are very much like assholes. To wit, everyone has one and they're pretty much all alike.

Having said that let me point out that you have had a chance to share you thoughts with us many, many, MANY times today and, frankly, it's time you gave it a rest.

Consider this a friendly invitation to sit in the time-out corner and think over your malign ways for 24 hours. If you feel this to be an unfair breach of your rights d'homme then, you, sir, can fuck up your own ass.

Sincerly,
The management

Re:Good stuff

[xchino]

"MS is, in my view, breaking new ground with this; some people may not like what they are doing, but you have to admit that nobody else is putting this stuff into their OS (when there is clearly a need for it)."

Actually Unix and variants have been putting security into their OS for years.

Re:Good stuff

[t0ny]

Wow, talk about someone reading a posting with their moron glasses on. Not only did you not read the slashdot breif, but you didnt read the article.

Go read the article before you try and pick apart what I write, moron. I never said that putting security into the OS was new, I said what they were doing, in terms of security, was new.

Just so you know, reading comprehension is very important once you get out of high school and into the real world.

Re:Good stuff

[xchino]

You need to dislodge your head from your ass. This is NOTHING new. Locking files has been around since magnetic media. M$ is simply putting a feature into it's office suite that other suites have had for literally decades.

You're an idiot, and you made an idiot post. Yes, this kind of security is a good idea. At least it was a good idea 30 years ago, and it's ridiculous M$ is only now putting in such basic features.

"For example, where I work, we are required by law to have a level of security on certain information; this info should never be reaching people who do not fall under the same laws."

Ever heard of encryption? This is no fucking different, just aimed at fooling gullible jackasses such as yourself, and management, into thinking it's some new technology Microsoft invented.

Just so you know, critical thinking is very important once you get your head out of your ass and into reality.

Re:Good stuff

[t0ny]

hey goof, show me an OS that puts a level of encryption that makes it impossible to transfer the files. Thats what they are doing. Win2k has Encrypted File System, but that only protects the data on the hard drive and the back-up. If you copy it to a local drive, or a zip disk, or a floppy, all the server side encryption in the world wont help

So get your computer-expert-wanna-bee posting ass away from the keyboard. You may have grandma convinced that you know about computers, but anyone that knows what they are talking about can see right thru you.

Go to school, get a good job, work hard, and maybe someday you can buy a clue