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Office Depot: Windows XP Apps Must Be Microsoft-Approved

Posted by timothy on from the but-they-carry-non-windows-software-too dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to an article at The Inquirer, by May 30th Office Depot will only be carrying computer products that have been certified by Microsoft and carry the 'Designed for Windows XP' logo. This may be an initial glimpse at how Microsoft could introduce Digital Restrictions Management by ensuring all retail hardware and software products are approved by Redmond."

3 of 559 comments (clear)

  1. Re:I'm sure everyone's knees will jerk. by critter_hunter · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    He's probably an open-source developper

    Documentation? Help files?!?!

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  2. Re:Well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Some people don't like restrictions, and I don't like YOU.

  3. Re:Well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Quite a lot of people I know

    Considering the only people you know are pasty-white sweaty nerds like you, that isn't saying much.

    Here is some free advice: you should concentrate on brushing you teeth or finding pants that fit before you start worring about your DVD player. Females don't care if your DVD player is multi-region or not.