Having 3 plans instead of one defeats the whole purpose of SINGLE sign on. What we should have, as with any other Internet succesfull strategy is a single standard and competing implementations. That way we are insured to have compatibility and the added benefit of market competition.
A few clarifications would be welcomed on this article, especially towards a layman as myself. 1- Isn't DRM about giving the correct rights to the correct user. So on the server side it would be akin to file privileges. Something we already have on all 'nixes. 2- DRM is scary whereas somebody would come snooping on your own property to check for the validity of your files, but isn' t restricting the access to these files on the server side something that we are all doing already? 3- If by DRM server is meant as a deamon that goes in each one of the client machines and check for the validity of files, then the corrrect DRM OS is needed on the client machine for this two-step dance to work. In that case the answer is easy, Use open source:-)
If all of the previous is a rambling in the dark, please press restart on my brains
Am I the only one who sees the Segway as a motorized equipment that already existed in other forms, but that has the added value of Hype and Marketing. Imagine putting overweight police officers on it, and taking away their only exercise (mainly walking). You render them even more unhealthy by putting them on a useless and VERY expensive device.
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Having 3 plans instead of one defeats the whole purpose of SINGLE sign on.
What we should have, as with any other Internet succesfull strategy is a single standard and competing implementations. That way we are insured to have compatibility and the added benefit of market competition.
A few clarifications would be welcomed on this article, especially towards a layman as myself. :-)
1- Isn't DRM about giving the correct rights to the correct user. So on the server side it would be akin to file privileges. Something we already have on all 'nixes.
2- DRM is scary whereas somebody would come snooping on your own property to check for the validity of your files, but isn' t restricting the access to these files on the server side something that we are all doing already?
3- If by DRM server is meant as a deamon that goes in each one of the client machines and check for the validity of files, then the corrrect DRM OS is needed on the client machine for this two-step dance to work. In that case the answer is easy, Use open source
If all of the previous is a rambling in the dark, please press restart on my brains
Am I the only one who sees the Segway as a motorized equipment that already existed in other forms, but that has the added value of Hype and Marketing. Imagine putting overweight police officers on it, and taking away their only exercise (mainly walking). You render them even more unhealthy by putting them on a useless and VERY expensive device.