Comments on: Joe Consumer, Beta Tester http://techliberation.com/2007/01/23/joe-consumer-beta-tester/ The Technology Liberation Front is the tech policy blog dedicated to keeping politicians' hands off the 'net and everything else related to technology. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 04:05:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: enigma_foundry http://techliberation.com/2007/01/23/joe-consumer-beta-tester/#comment-36881 enigma_foundry Thu, 25 Jan 2007 04:32:53 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/01/23/joe-consumer-beta-tester/#comment-36881 Great News, another defective copy protection scheme, which wil just increase the attractiveness of open source free software, which doessn't implement any of those silly, freedom-removing technologies. So, keep on doing DRM, Microsoft, keep it up, and you will drive all your customers to Linux. (Writing this on SuSE 10.0, fully configured to play mp3's and play DVD's using DeCSS libraries.) Great News, another defective copy protection scheme, which wil just increase the attractiveness of open source free software, which doessn’t implement any of those silly, freedom-removing technologies.

So, keep on doing DRM, Microsoft, keep it up, and you will drive all your customers to Linux.

(Writing this on SuSE 10.0, fully configured to play mp3’s and play DVD’s using DeCSS libraries.)

]]> By: eee_eff http://techliberation.com/2007/01/23/joe-consumer-beta-tester/#comment-50311 eee_eff Thu, 25 Jan 2007 04:32:53 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/01/23/joe-consumer-beta-tester/#comment-50311 Great News, another defective copy protection scheme, which wil just increase the attractiveness of open source free software, which doessn't implement any of those silly, freedom-removing technologies.<br><br>So, keep on doing DRM, Microsoft, keep it up, and you will drive all your customers to Linux.<br><br>(Writing this on SuSE 10.0, fully configured to play mp3's and play DVD's using DeCSS libraries.) Great News, another defective copy protection scheme, which wil just increase the attractiveness of open source free software, which doessn’t implement any of those silly, freedom-removing technologies.

So, keep on doing DRM, Microsoft, keep it up, and you will drive all your customers to Linux.

(Writing this on SuSE 10.0, fully configured to play mp3’s and play DVD’s using DeCSS libraries.)

]]> By: eric http://techliberation.com/2007/01/23/joe-consumer-beta-tester/#comment-36880 eric Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:46:10 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/01/23/joe-consumer-beta-tester/#comment-36880 "DRM = Defective By Design" is not merely a slogan. It's literally true. The design is defective. Examples multiply as time goes on. “DRM = Defective By Design” is not merely a slogan. It’s literally true. The design is defective. Examples multiply as time goes on.

]]> By: eric http://techliberation.com/2007/01/23/joe-consumer-beta-tester/#comment-50310 eric Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:46:10 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/01/23/joe-consumer-beta-tester/#comment-50310 "DRM = Defective By Design" is not merely a slogan. It's literally true. The design is defective. Examples multiply as time goes on. “DRM = Defective By Design” is not merely a slogan. It’s literally true. The design is defective. Examples multiply as time goes on.

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