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Microsoft Re-Brands PlaysForSure
mikesd81 writes "Information Week writes about a licensing change intended to 'beat Apple at their own game'. They're going to use a combination of branding and DRM, and replace the "PlaysForSure" logo with a "Certified for Windows Vista" tag.'The certification is used to guarantee compatibility with Microsoft's copyright-protection software and is the same logo used for the company's Zune player. The problem, however, is that music and video bought from the online Zune Marketplace won't play in their native format on other devices, including those that will carry the new logo.'"
Believe me, I'm no MS supporter - but you overly smug Apple fanbois seem to forget that MS pumped in a whole heap of money into Apple at one point to basically keep them solvent. I didn't hear many of you fanbois moaning at MS then!
Gentoo Linux - another day, another USE flag.
Those three words clearly illustrate the depths to which an Apple fanboi will go to by using two innocuous adjectives to lessen the blow of the highly evil third word - on the basis that if Apple do it, it must be good.
Gentoo Linux - another day, another USE flag.
PlaysForSure doesn't come free with the little dollop of Steve Job's shit to stick on the end of your nose.
Gentoo Linux - another day, another USE flag.
I like the way Apple markets iTunes music: "Guaranteed to never ever work on anything but an iPod, ever!"
Microsoft plans to buy $150 million in struggling Apple Computer stock...
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Please see my response to the other poster - I believe the adjective applied to Apple in the article is "struggling".
Gentoo Linux - another day, another USE flag.
Congratulations! You have won the star prize. Please accept this small, white & crippled music player with our thanks!
Gentoo Linux - another day, another USE flag.
Oh, I see. I'm not supposed to believe an article from a fairly respectable technology news site but I am expected to believe the religious spoutings of some fervent, frothing-at-the-mouth Apple acolyte, am I?
Get a life, fanboi.
Gentoo Linux - another day, another USE flag.
Weak and sad. Your continual casting of debate into "zealots versus me" will ensure you bring out only zealots.
You might be having fun, but clearly you're a zealot in your own way, and can't accept any error or fault on your part. You're every bit as blind as the most deluded Apple fan that you deride, and you use crudity where none is needed, weakening your post.
Still, thanks for playing. I note you can't disagree with any points, and you really are a troll.
Here's to -1 troll mods for you forever! (raises coffee cup)
They're not making you buy anything.
Soon enough, you won't have a choice. Seen any DVDs without CSS lately?
Encrypted documents should not be protected by copyright because they will never enter the public domain. Laws protecting encryption violate your rights.
DMCA, Hollings, Palladium. What might have sounded like paranoia is now common sense.