Then why ask for information as to how it was done
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SDMI Cracked Too Soon
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It doesn't make sense. Sure the 10k was chump change to them, sure it makes one wonder at their true motives when combined with "official" statements that they had some kind of contingencies planned for this.
But why ask the crackers to explain how it was done in order to claim the prize unless they believed that information had some meaning for them?
I truly think we're seeing a clear example of a much much larger "digital divide", the kind of divide that separates the businessmen from the brains.
Microsoft is too big for itself, but you know this. If they had clue one, they might realize that some people already own MS Windows 9x, and are, in fact, replacing an older computer that they no longer want or use.
He seems to point at the "Digital Divide" as a major reason why online "communities" are for the elite, the wealthy.
What hogwash.
1) Linux is free.
2) There are free ISP's.
3) Linux runs well on old 486's and pentiums.
4) 486's and pentiums are dirt cheap, cheaper than a portable CD player.
They're talking about different things entirely.
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Palmer is talking about people who intrude with the purpose of sabotaging someone else's operation. He's talking about direct threats to systems by people who truly wish to do harm.
Goldstein is talking about the people in society who, for whatever reason, like to spend their time beating their heads up against security setups for the purpose of discovery.
There's a very real difference between the two, to the point where the contrast between the two interviews becomes meaningless. Palmer is talking about truly felonious activities of cyber terrorism and data destruction, while Goldstein is talking about people who simply probe and learn.
I've never paid for Windows, not even Windows 95 or 3.1.
Your average computer hobbyist doesn't pay for windows. Your average consumer will pay for whatever's cheap at the store, and call their "computer lingoed" friend to fix it whenever it doesn't do what it wants them to do.
The reality is that Microsoft mainly screws the company's that SHOULD be it's partners and competitors. Instead of a competition of the mind, we have a competition of the pocketbook, and that's all we've always had.
Linux isn't that far away from being a solid desktop platform. Corel is on the bandwagon bigtime. Wordperfect, though maligned, has always been a superior word processor. Quattro pro isn't any less complex than Excel. And their office suite has a presentation graphics program (I haven't used it). The only things truly missing from the equation is good e-mail, and database programs.
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It doesn't make sense. Sure the 10k was chump change to them, sure it makes one wonder at their true motives when combined with "official" statements that they had some kind of contingencies planned for this.
But why ask the crackers to explain how it was done in order to claim the prize unless they believed that information had some meaning for them?
I truly think we're seeing a clear example of a much much larger "digital divide", the kind of divide that separates the businessmen from the brains.
Microsoft is too big for itself, but you know this. If they had clue one, they might realize that some people already own MS Windows 9x, and are, in fact, replacing an older computer that they no longer want or use.
He seems to point at the "Digital Divide" as a major reason why online "communities" are for the elite, the wealthy. What hogwash. 1) Linux is free. 2) There are free ISP's. 3) Linux runs well on old 486's and pentiums. 4) 486's and pentiums are dirt cheap, cheaper than a portable CD player.
Palmer is talking about people who intrude with the purpose of sabotaging someone else's operation. He's talking about direct threats to systems by people who truly wish to do harm.
Goldstein is talking about the people in society who, for whatever reason, like to spend their time beating their heads up against security setups for the purpose of discovery.
There's a very real difference between the two, to the point where the contrast between the two interviews becomes meaningless. Palmer is talking about truly felonious activities of cyber terrorism and data destruction, while Goldstein is talking about people who simply probe and learn.
I've never paid for Windows, not even Windows 95 or 3.1. Your average computer hobbyist doesn't pay for windows. Your average consumer will pay for whatever's cheap at the store, and call their "computer lingoed" friend to fix it whenever it doesn't do what it wants them to do. The reality is that Microsoft mainly screws the company's that SHOULD be it's partners and competitors. Instead of a competition of the mind, we have a competition of the pocketbook, and that's all we've always had. Linux isn't that far away from being a solid desktop platform. Corel is on the bandwagon bigtime. Wordperfect, though maligned, has always been a superior word processor. Quattro pro isn't any less complex than Excel. And their office suite has a presentation graphics program (I haven't used it). The only things truly missing from the equation is good e-mail, and database programs.