> From: William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Thursday, October 23, 2003, at 01:52 am, Russell Chapman wrote: > > > The Fool wrote:. > > > >> My understanding is that only outlook can open these messages. > >> Microsoft > >> has said it would also provide a small stand alone (DRM) app to open > >> messages for users of other software. > >> > >> The Whole point is that it disallows other software from reading it. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> > > The beauty of this strategy (when combined with the new formats in > > Office2003) is that he can wipe out several competing markets at once. > > By bringing DRM into email and Word/Excel documents, and requiring MS
> > provided apps to read them, he can (and has) simply refused to provide > > them for competing platforms. The decision between a Palm based PDA > > and a PocketPC based PDA is going to be very different if suddenly you > > can't read your email or work with your Word and Excel documents on a > > PalmOS PDA, but you can on a PocketPC, so he will wipe out one of his > > more resilient competitors. Expect Real & Winamp to come in for the > > same treatment any day now, and they are on Windows platforms! Imagine > > what else is in store for non-Windows platforms... > > 'He' being the Great Satan of Redmond? :) I think that would be a compliment for Satan taught people to reason for themselves and not to trust or rely on so-called authority figures. Indeed, an honor being named after one of the great fathers of rationalism. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
