Comments on: The Dark Side of DRM http://techliberation.com/2005/11/10/the-dark-side-of-drm/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:51:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Archibald http://techliberation.com/2005/11/10/the-dark-side-of-drm/comment-page-1/#comment-32308 Archibald Fri, 03 Mar 2006 00:24:39 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2005/11/10/the-dark-side-of-drm/#comment-32308 <p><a href="http://www.thrall.org/proteus.html" rel="nofollow">nixoffow</a> ekewuonb</p> nixoffow ekewuonb

]]> By: Archibald http://techliberation.com/2005/11/10/the-dark-side-of-drm/comment-page-1/#comment-53978 Archibald Fri, 03 Mar 2006 00:24:39 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2005/11/10/the-dark-side-of-drm/#comment-53978 <p><a href="http://www.thrall.org/proteus.html" rel="nofollow">nixoffow</a> ekewuonb</p> nixoffow ekewuonb

]]> By: enigma_foundry http://techliberation.com/2005/11/10/the-dark-side-of-drm/comment-page-1/#comment-32307 enigma_foundry Sun, 13 Nov 2005 01:30:45 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2005/11/10/the-dark-side-of-drm/#comment-32307 <p>No, MAC OS is just as evil as MS stuff. All proprietary all non-free.</p> <p>Graduate to freedom: www.gnu.org www.linux.org</p> No, MAC OS is just as evil as MS stuff. All proprietary all non-free.

Graduate to freedom: http://www.gnu.org http://www.linux.org

]]> By: eee_eff http://techliberation.com/2005/11/10/the-dark-side-of-drm/comment-page-1/#comment-53977 eee_eff Sun, 13 Nov 2005 01:30:45 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2005/11/10/the-dark-side-of-drm/#comment-53977 <p>No, MAC OS is just as evil as MS stuff. All proprietary all non-free.<br><br>Graduate to freedom:<br><a href="http://www.gnu.org">www.gnu.org</a><br><a href="http://www.linux.org">www.linux.org</a></p> No, MAC OS is just as evil as MS stuff. All proprietary all non-free.

Graduate to freedom:
http://www.gnu.org
http://www.linux.org

]]> By: Stephan Sokolow http://techliberation.com/2005/11/10/the-dark-side-of-drm/comment-page-1/#comment-32306 Stephan Sokolow Fri, 11 Nov 2005 08:42:41 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2005/11/10/the-dark-side-of-drm/#comment-32306 <p>I don't know. Maybe it's MacOS's annoying space-wasting gumdrop buttons, overly bright colors (I prefer a subdued look), or maybe it's the fact that you can't tweak it enough. (The "research shows this will improve your productivity so just get used to it" design)</p> <p>There's also the fact that usage counts as endorsement and I refuse to endorse closed-source software if there's an acceptable alternative. MacOS would bloat my "closed-source or restrictively-licensed packages" count from 5 (Sun Java, Macromedia Flash, Win32Codecs fallback, UnRAR 3.x, and NVidia binary drivers) to some ungodly number.</p> <p>Besides, I don't use vi either. I prefer nano (console) or SciTE (GUI) for editing config files.</p> I don’t know. Maybe it’s MacOS’s annoying space-wasting gumdrop buttons, overly bright colors (I prefer a subdued look), or maybe it’s the fact that you can’t tweak it enough. (The “research shows this will improve your productivity so just get used to it” design)

There’s also the fact that usage counts as endorsement and I refuse to endorse closed-source software if there’s an acceptable alternative. MacOS would bloat my “closed-source or restrictively-licensed packages” count from 5 (Sun Java, Macromedia Flash, Win32Codecs fallback, UnRAR 3.x, and NVidia binary drivers) to some ungodly number.

Besides, I don’t use vi either. I prefer nano (console) or SciTE (GUI) for editing config files.

]]> By: Stephan Sokolow http://techliberation.com/2005/11/10/the-dark-side-of-drm/comment-page-1/#comment-53976 Stephan Sokolow Fri, 11 Nov 2005 08:42:41 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2005/11/10/the-dark-side-of-drm/#comment-53976 <p>I don't know. Maybe it's MacOS's annoying space-wasting gumdrop buttons, overly bright colors (I prefer a subdued look), or maybe it's the fact that you can't tweak it enough. (The "research shows this will improve your productivity so just get used to it" design)<br><br>There's also the fact that usage counts as endorsement and I refuse to endorse closed-source software if there's an acceptable alternative. MacOS would bloat my "closed-source or restrictively-licensed packages" count from 5 (Sun Java, Macromedia Flash, Win32Codecs fallback, UnRAR 3.x, and NVidia binary drivers) to some ungodly number.<br><br>Besides, I don't use vi either. I prefer nano (console) or SciTE (GUI) for editing config files.</p> I don’t know. Maybe it’s MacOS’s annoying space-wasting gumdrop buttons, overly bright colors (I prefer a subdued look), or maybe it’s the fact that you can’t tweak it enough. (The “research shows this will improve your productivity so just get used to it” design)

There’s also the fact that usage counts as endorsement and I refuse to endorse closed-source software if there’s an acceptable alternative. MacOS would bloat my “closed-source or restrictively-licensed packages” count from 5 (Sun Java, Macromedia Flash, Win32Codecs fallback, UnRAR 3.x, and NVidia binary drivers) to some ungodly number.

Besides, I don’t use vi either. I prefer nano (console) or SciTE (GUI) for editing config files.

]]> By: Rob Hyndman http://techliberation.com/2005/11/10/the-dark-side-of-drm/comment-page-1/#comment-32305 Rob Hyndman Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:53:40 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2005/11/10/the-dark-side-of-drm/#comment-32305 <p>Cory notes that the Mac CD also contains crippleware:</p> <p>http://www.boingboing.net/2005/11/10/sony_music_cds_infec.html</p> <p>Oh,the humanity!!</p> Cory notes that the Mac CD also contains crippleware:

http://www.boingboing.net/2005/11/10/sony_music_cds_infec.html

Oh,the humanity!!

]]> By: Rob Hyndman http://techliberation.com/2005/11/10/the-dark-side-of-drm/comment-page-1/#comment-53975 Rob Hyndman Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:53:40 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2005/11/10/the-dark-side-of-drm/#comment-53975 <p>Cory notes that the Mac CD also contains crippleware:<br><br><a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2005/11/10/sony_music_cds_infec.html">http://www.boingboing.net/2005/11/10/sony_music...</a><br><br>Oh,the humanity!!</p> Cory notes that the Mac CD also contains crippleware:

http://www.boingboing.net/2005/11/10/sony_music…

Oh,the humanity!!

]]> By: Tim http://techliberation.com/2005/11/10/the-dark-side-of-drm/comment-page-1/#comment-32304 Tim Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:31:01 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2005/11/10/the-dark-side-of-drm/#comment-32304 <p>What' not to love about Mac OS? It's got open source Unix goodness at its foundation, purty graphics, and fantastic industrial design.</p> <p>Linux and *BSD are great, but in my experience they lack the polish of Mac OS. I love vi as much as the next geek, but I don't want to have to use it to change my laptop's config files.</p> What’ not to love about Mac OS? It’s got open source Unix goodness at its foundation, purty graphics, and fantastic industrial design.

Linux and *BSD are great, but in my experience they lack the polish of Mac OS. I love vi as much as the next geek, but I don’t want to have to use it to change my laptop’s config files.

]]> By: Tim http://techliberation.com/2005/11/10/the-dark-side-of-drm/comment-page-1/#comment-53974 Tim Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:31:01 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2005/11/10/the-dark-side-of-drm/#comment-53974 <p>What' not to love about Mac OS? It's got open source Unix goodness at its foundation, purty graphics, and fantastic industrial design.<br><br>Linux and *BSD are great, but in my experience they lack the polish of Mac OS. I love vi as much as the next geek, but I don't want to have to use it to change my laptop's config files.</p> What’ not to love about Mac OS? It’s got open source Unix goodness at its foundation, purty graphics, and fantastic industrial design.

Linux and *BSD are great, but in my experience they lack the polish of Mac OS. I love vi as much as the next geek, but I don’t want to have to use it to change my laptop’s config files.

]]> By: Stephan Sokolow http://techliberation.com/2005/11/10/the-dark-side-of-drm/comment-page-1/#comment-32303 Stephan Sokolow Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:00:47 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2005/11/10/the-dark-side-of-drm/#comment-32303 <p>Or, of course, an OS like Linux or FreeBSD if you're a geek who doesn't feel comfortable on MacOS. (Like myself)</p> Or, of course, an OS like Linux or FreeBSD if you’re a geek who doesn’t feel comfortable on MacOS. (Like myself)

]]> By: Stephan Sokolow http://techliberation.com/2005/11/10/the-dark-side-of-drm/comment-page-1/#comment-53973 Stephan Sokolow Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:00:47 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2005/11/10/the-dark-side-of-drm/#comment-53973 <p>Or, of course, an OS like Linux or FreeBSD if you're a geek who doesn't feel comfortable on MacOS. (Like myself)</p> Or, of course, an OS like Linux or FreeBSD if you’re a geek who doesn’t feel comfortable on MacOS. (Like myself)

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