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   From: elaich    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: Problems after installing Ubuntu (fairly long)   
   Date: 26 Feb 2007 18:20:15 GMT   
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   dgk  wrote in news:kv76u2pqa68q000lti06j1jaeaj9rkt98f@   
   4ax.com:   
      
   >  This   
   > whole DRM thing is not being driven my Microsoft; it's being driven by   
   > the "content providers".    
      
   Oh, I don't agree with that. Bill Gates has been obsessed over piracy for    
   a long time, maybe because he is one:   
      
   http://www.digitalresearch.biz/index.htm   
      
   Gates has long been moaning over pirated copies of Windows being used    
   everywhere, but especially in the Third World. Vista goes a long ways    
   towards locking up the holes that allowed Windows to be pirated. I can't    
   blame Bill for wanting to protect his intellectual property, but better    
   believe he marches in lockstep with the RIAA and SAG over DRM. It's a    
   win-win situation for them - HOWEVER, as long as "holes" in the DRM    
   system like Linux and Mac (and old versions of Windows) remain, there    
   will be war. Tha's why I expect that, once Vista is firmly entrenched (3    
   years maybe?) that Microsoft will finally go after Linux with no holds    
   barred.   
      
   Microsoft's vision is one day your computer will merely be a dumb    
   terminal that has to connect with the Microsoft servers to do anything.    
   Access to software and the OS will depend on that connection. Vista takes    
   the first step toward that, with Microsoft having the ability to cripple    
   programs and the OS if something unkosher is found.    
      
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