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Bill Gates Swears Vow Against 'Son of iPod'

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the no-sequels-for-me dept.

Future Linux-Guru writes "The LA Times is running an article on Microsoft's efforts to preempt any single manufacturer from dominating the online video market. Among the scarier revelations is the development of AACS, a new already approved security system designed to prevent piracy on HD DVDs, which subjects users to forced upgrades." From the article: "Whichever way it shakes out, Gates vows not to play the victim in 'Son of iPod.' After learning a hard lesson in the digital music business, 'we're really having to work more closely with partners in the hardware industry and content industry, to really think through the whole end-to-end experience and make it better,' Gates said. 'That's where we've done our mea culpa. We are fixing that.'"

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  1. Bill Gates on Apple by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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  3. Re:Who are Microsoft making their products for ? by aussie_a · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Microsoft's customer are spyware companies.

  4. Re: Son of iPod? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sorry to be pedantic about your sig, but I think you meant to write "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?".

    Or maybe you meant "Quis custodiet ipso Custod?", meaning "Who proofreads the Guardian?"

    :)