Even if they make available a method to remove the "cloaking" of their DRM system, they still have a huge installed base whose users may or may not be aware of what is running on their PC. There exists a huge physical inventory of CDs that will install this software. Are they going to recall these CDs?
Even if they do, Sonys crudely crafted system is still eating, according to reports, single digit % of CPU on their installed base. The installation of this software is in violation of consumer expectation and possibly the law as well.
This forum has exposed the "rootkit" element of their system, and they have backed off amazingly quickly for an organization of their size. This forum needs to hit back fast on the issues that are not as easily addressed by them: huge installed base and how they are going to undo what they have done, the leaching of resources on that installed base, and the huge inventory of unsold CDs awaiting to unleash this on unsuspecting consumers.
I'd go with recall of the CDs. Only that would demonstrate their commitment to remediating this problem.
My good friend evi nemeth has always said that there seems to be a net constant amout of "clue" in the ever expanding computer science universe. I tend to agree in the sense that the number of very powerful technical people in computer science remains quite small. These powerful people might be world wide experts in a tiny irrelevent domain, but nevertheless their value in a business context comes instead from their broad knowledge, their problem solving skills, and their ability to communicate and execute. They are not only smart people with good instincts, but smart people that get things done.
Since your goal is pecuniary, your question, relative to my answer, is how can you become such a powerful person. I have known some who are unschooled and seem, like a primitive painter, to have their own sense of perspective untainted by a schooled view and hence are so out of the box as to be uniquely empowering. But based on your question this is not your path.
Most everyone else gets there by spending a decent amount of time around smart, creative, and effective people in the discipline and figuring out how to think, communicate, and execute like them. A good place to do this is at a good PhD granting computer science department. You don't even have to be a student, but it helps. Another great place would be in a number of corporate research labs if you can score a position that gives you enough access.
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Even if they make available a method to remove the "cloaking" of their DRM system, they still have a huge installed base whose users may or may not be aware of what is running on their PC. There exists a huge physical inventory of CDs that will install this software. Are they going to recall these CDs?
Even if they do, Sonys crudely crafted system is still eating, according to reports, single digit % of CPU on their installed base. The installation of this software is in violation of consumer expectation and possibly the law as well.
This forum has exposed the "rootkit" element of their system, and they have backed off amazingly quickly for an organization of their size. This forum needs to hit back fast on the issues that are not as easily addressed by them: huge installed base and how they are going to undo what they have done, the leaching of resources on that installed base, and the huge inventory of unsold CDs awaiting to unleash this on unsuspecting consumers.
I'd go with recall of the CDs. Only that would demonstrate their commitment to remediating this problem.
My good friend evi nemeth has always said that there seems to be a net constant amout of "clue" in the ever expanding computer science universe. I tend to agree in the sense that the number of very powerful technical people in computer science remains quite small. These powerful people might be world wide experts in a tiny irrelevent domain, but nevertheless their value in a business context comes instead from their broad knowledge, their problem solving skills, and their ability to communicate and execute. They are not only smart people with good instincts, but smart people that get things done. Since your goal is pecuniary, your question, relative to my answer, is how can you become such a powerful person. I have known some who are unschooled and seem, like a primitive painter, to have their own sense of perspective untainted by a schooled view and hence are so out of the box as to be uniquely empowering. But based on your question this is not your path. Most everyone else gets there by spending a decent amount of time around smart, creative, and effective people in the discipline and figuring out how to think, communicate, and execute like them. A good place to do this is at a good PhD granting computer science department. You don't even have to be a student, but it helps. Another great place would be in a number of corporate research labs if you can score a position that gives you enough access.