[Gllug] Finally some mainstream coverage of EUCD

[Chris Bell]

On Tue 11 Nov, Mike Brodbelt wrote:
> 

> It's certainly worse this time around. Technology isputting controls
> into media companies hands which they've never been able to approach
> before.
> 
> In 5 years, if the RIAA/MPAA/BFPI have their way, we'll all be running
> Longhorn, content will all be encrypted, the hardware will be
> tamper-proofed with Palladium, disks will have the CPRM stuff thats in
> them already turned on, and the open PC architecture will be dead.
> 
> I actually think that the single biggest threat to that plan is Linux
> getting enough of a foothold on the desktop to stop it being possible to
> lock everything down. The time from now until the release of Longhorn
> may well be the most critical period in the PC industry.
> 
   Which is probably one of the reasons why there are groups of countries in
the far-east about to go their own ways, and probably based on Open Source.


-- 
Chris Bell


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