> From: William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Thursday, October 23, 2003, at 03:33 am, The Fool wrote: > > >> 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. > > But the Redmond part still sucks?
Can't say. Never been there. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
