Limiting who can read a document, and for how long, is a useful feature (and I imagine one of reasons MS is incorporating DRM). In the case of large corporations, maintaining the confidentiality of new marketing plans or the need to grandfather obsolete draft documents is a very real requirement.
Of course, a seperate document control system could be built for such a purpose, but I've seen documents "escape" such systems in the past and find their way into the wrong hands. I'm interested to see how MS's DRM system will work.
Imagine if DRM is built into email? No more Halloween memos or monopoly building strategies escaping. No wonder they're spending millions on this.
Having given this matter a full thirty seconds of consideration, it seems that allowing local channels to be broadcast nationally would be an incentive to reduce to the total number of local affiliates. Granted, local programming such as the evening news leaves much to be desired, but perhaps some local news is better then none. Otherwise, further cultural homogenization will occur as the only local news in California will be LA, SF, and SD.
Granted, it seems some people here don't care about local news, but I think for many, it's (sadly) their main tie to the community.
... I'm opposed to most recycling programs, or political chain e-mails. They give a person the mistaken impression that they are actually accomplishing something, so that's where their interest stops -- "hey, I'm a fucking ENVIRONMENTALIST, I recycled my soda can"...
Yeah, we should all boycott recycling, since it doesn't solve every environmental problem.
My memory is fading. I forgot about all the "useful" devices I can connect to Tivo via the USB port. I also overlooked that fact that Tivo has no bugs. Must be because I love Microsoft so much...
Sounds funny, but in this case it is very true. Ultimate TV has dual tuners, USB, a printer port, and WebTV. With this and XBox, I think Microsoft has stepped up with some solid consumer offerings (and on their first version).
I read an interesting comment here some time ago. A person said he would never use UltimateTV because it didn't run Linux and therefore it couldn't be good. I think some peoples' irrational hatred of a company blinds them to some of the good products. Remember, Microsoft is composed of many semi-autonomous groups, some are better then others.
It's also interesting that this is a story on Slashdot. "Company introduces mundane technology on the heels of other competitors."
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There are so many things that disturb me about this post, but I'll only point out one.
Statistically true, but statistics are STATIC
What the hell does that mean? And by the way, Open Source is cool and interesting, but it's not a religon (at least not a healthy one), nor a fight against facism, nor does it help pay the bills for many people.
I've read/. for some time and suspect the majority of posters are either students or hypocrites. I develop software for a living and it's what pays my bills. If I didn't get paid, I would write far less code and I suspect this is true of most people here. Lets imagine that tomorrow all software was required to free, or even open source. How many companies would go out of business? It's naive to assume none. In fact, I believe that this would cause a decrease in competition over the long run.
Why spend months developing a product if the moment you release it your competitor can simply co-opt all your work? Not everyone can make a living providing technical support. This is the key point that Doug Miller was making.
Asbestos T-Shirt is on, and no, I don't work for MS!
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Limiting who can read a document, and for how long, is a useful feature (and I imagine one of reasons MS is incorporating DRM). In the case of large corporations, maintaining the confidentiality of new marketing plans or the need to grandfather obsolete draft documents is a very real requirement.
Of course, a seperate document control system could be built for such a purpose, but I've seen documents "escape" such systems in the past and find their way into the wrong hands. I'm interested to see how MS's DRM system will work.
Imagine if DRM is built into email? No more Halloween memos or monopoly building strategies escaping. No wonder they're spending millions on this.
"Food" is more important than video games, "wheat" is more important than starbucks, "water"is more important than WIFI, and WE control that stuff.
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Being unprofitable comes from bad business planning, that's it, and spending more than you have.
Does that mean we can cut your farming subsidies?
Having given this matter a full thirty seconds of consideration, it seems that allowing local channels to be broadcast nationally would be an incentive to reduce to the total number of local affiliates. Granted, local programming such as the evening news leaves much to be desired, but perhaps some local news is better then none. Otherwise, further cultural homogenization will occur as the only local news in California will be LA, SF, and SD.
Granted, it seems some people here don't care about local news, but I think for many, it's (sadly) their main tie to the community.
What happens when the wearer wanders off into some non-PCS-covered wilderness?
You'll find a nice watch is a steaming pile of bear offal.
... I'm opposed to most recycling programs, or political chain e-mails. They give a person the mistaken impression that they are actually accomplishing something, so that's where their interest stops -- "hey, I'm a fucking ENVIRONMENTALIST, I recycled my soda can"...
Yeah, we should all boycott recycling, since it doesn't solve every environmental problem.
My memory is fading. I forgot about all the "useful" devices I can connect to Tivo via the USB port. I also overlooked that fact that Tivo has no bugs. Must be because I love Microsoft so much...
Sounds funny, but in this case it is very true. Ultimate TV has dual tuners, USB, a printer port, and WebTV. With this and XBox, I think Microsoft has stepped up with some solid consumer offerings (and on their first version).
I read an interesting comment here some time ago. A person said he would never use UltimateTV because it didn't run Linux and therefore it couldn't be good. I think some peoples' irrational hatred of a company blinds them to some of the good products. Remember, Microsoft is composed of many semi-autonomous groups, some are better then others.
It's also interesting that this is a story on Slashdot. "Company introduces mundane technology on the heels of other competitors."
I love these lists. Come on everyone, drop your drawers and starting measuring your penis!
The only way a conservative wins a national election is by pretending to be compassionate.
Statistically true, but statistics are STATIC
What the hell does that mean? And by the way, Open Source is cool and interesting, but it's not a religon (at least not a healthy one), nor a fight against facism, nor does it help pay the bills for many people.
I've read /. for some time and suspect the majority of posters are either students or hypocrites. I develop software for a living and it's what pays my bills. If I didn't get paid, I would write far less code and I suspect this is true of most people here. Lets imagine that tomorrow all software was required to free, or even open source. How many companies would go out of business? It's naive to assume none. In fact, I believe that this would cause a decrease in competition over the long run.
Why spend months developing a product if the moment you release it your competitor can simply co-opt all your work? Not everyone can make a living providing technical support. This is the key point that Doug Miller was making.
Asbestos T-Shirt is on, and no, I don't work for MS!