On Saturday 29 June 2002 07:31 pm, Carroll Grigsby wrote:
> " * Digital Rights Management (Security). You agree that in order
> to protect the integrity of content and software protected by
> digital rights management ("Secure Content"), Microsoft may provide
> security related updates to the OS Components that will be
> automatically downloaded onto your computer. These security related
> updates may disable your ability to copy and/or play Secure Content
. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> and use other software on your computer. If we provide such a
> security update, we will use reasonable efforts to post notices on
> a web site explaining the update. "
>
> Make that a double helping of KY, please.
> -- cmg
>>> "disable your ability" <<<
Pretty much says it all. Unfortunately, most people (and many
governments are just as bad, actually worse) and won't realize the
ramifications til after the fact. I sort'a like to think it'll never
come to this M$ final solution. I'm sort'a old and worn out, but I
can hardly imagine you young'uns will tolerate it. I pray not.
I can't imagine either the gov'ment's and commercial interests
worldwide that are already movin towards free systems, will to cow
tow to this kind'a B$. Being old I sort'a like to believe that *free
speech* software might just be the bootstrap the less-developed world
needs to catch on, even if they haft'a carry it on by themselves.
Hell, they already make the hardware. I'd like to think then they'll
re-educate the 'first world' as to what it's all about in the *first*
place.
I realize there's been a 'stupid' inflection into this
conversation. Poor choice of words, delivery for disscussion .. BUT
Government's are by nature ...big an' stupid. <yep, your's an' mine,
where ever you are>
People OTOH, often succumb to what they wanna hear, and are saddled
with misconceptions, misinformation and FUD when it comes to a
keyboard/mouse ..... otherwise mostly intelligent persons.
Y'allsMMV, but I take some comfort in human nature. After all, I
is one ;>
--
Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas
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