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Intel Cutting Linux Out of Content Market

Posted by Zonk on from the mind-the-scissors dept.

An Anonymous Reader wrote in to mention an Inquirer story suggesting that Intel is planning on cutting Linux out of the content market. From the article: "The vehicle to do this is called East Fork, the upcoming and regrettable Intel digital media 'platform'. The funny part is that the scheme is already a failure, but it will hurt you as it thrashes before it dies. Be afraid, be very afraid."

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  1. Free Information and Capitalism don't mix! by rscrawford · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Duh! What good is content if someone isn't making a profit off of its delivery? What, did you want to learn or be entertained? Don't be ridiculous. The only point of generating any content at all -- or delivering pre-made content -- is to get money out of you. Since someone, somewhere, stands to lose money off of delivering content to Linux, the best thing to do is to lock Linux out of being able to deliver that content. Hopefully, Linux -- and open source in general -- will be outlawed in the US soon, so that no information exchange can happen without someone profiting from it.

    Welcome to 21st century America, where the Ownership Society Owns You!

    (Me, I'm hoping to get the hell out of here while the getting's still possible.)

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  2. Re:So how is this going to kill fair use? by HeroreV · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    You wouldn't buy a game that you hadn't played the preview.
    That's retarded. A lot of great games never had playable demos, and even when a game does have one it can be very difficult to get a hold of it. At least that's how it is on the consoles (PS2, Xbox, etc) and I don't think PC games are doing too much better.
  3. Re:Wiseguys by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yes, the US government is another mafia - when it does those things. We're caught in a war between the families. Personally, if the family on whose turf I live weren't less able (so far) to destroy me than is the one across the Pacific, I'd be switching. But the US mob is a lot less scary than the Chinese one. If you disagree, just wait until the Chinese one has the money and weapons that the US one has. It's really no contest.

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