On 23 Nov 2008, at 17:55, Brian Butterworth wrote:
To be honest, I have gone over it so many times I got the distinct
impression - indeed a direct suggestion from a BBC person I very
much respect - to stop going on about it, so I refer you to the
podcast discussion because it is the most easily accessible
backstage.bbc.co.uk archive.
If ( somewhere in ) an hour long prodcast is the most easily
accessible presentation of your position perhaps you should post a
text version you can refer people to? Or provide timings for those
that want to use the podcast.
Basically, mathematically DRM is snake oil.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_oil_(cryptography)
errrr yes I expect we all know that, but what has that to do with
Microsoft's position on DRM in particular?
Not trolling - just trying to see what makes their take on it so
different other than the fact that they are the evil Borg, albeit with
a bunch of very clever smart people working inside it who don't
necessarily all run windows. Microsoft is not a monoculture on the
inside.
f
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