-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 BruceIrving wrote: > That is a very thoughtful and interesting article, Shane. We need more > information of this type and, you are right, we NEED to discuss it. In the > past, DRM fell into the same category as Microsoft's COM -- it does > something, but I haven't the slightest idea what it is supposed to do!
Bruce, thank you so much for your comments. I believe you hit the nail on the (DRM) head when you said "I haven't the slightest idea what it is supposed to do!" The entire subject has been so wrapped up in FUD from both sides that sometimes it's hard to work out what's going on. This reminds me of my own research into Six Sigma, that quantitative management analysis technique from Japan that was "American Hippified" and has become the key methodology for many major companies. When I first started researching Six Sigma everyone was so busy saying how cool it was, and how it would change everything, that they completely forgot to explain what it really is. I guess it just sounds boring to say "it's a statistical approach to problem solving, with the inherent assumption that all problems can be expressed and solved through numbers." We need to cut through the nonsense with DRM, ask "what is this?", "what will it mean to people?" and "what are the long-term implications." Once we do that, we'll be able to make sensible decisions about the subject. Shane - -- Shane Martin Coughlan e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] m: +447773180107 w: www.shaneland.co.uk - --- Projects: http://mobility.opendawn.com http://gem.opendawn.com http://enigmail.mozdev.org http://www.winpt.org - --- Organisations: http://www.fsfeurope.org http://www.fsf.org http://www.labour.org.uk http://www.opensourceacademy.gov.uk - --- OpenPGP: http://www.shaneland.co.uk/personalpages/shane/files/publickey.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3-cvs4067* (MingW32) iQCVAwUBRCwrjdwG3M95JPpzAQjVfwP/Yr+2krbtMWX7YuPPz7wc7ljoi6nRvgzU 7gXTxuBJ9lc/CMSJpwfVWk62/0sUXPwBojx6U9RpiLM1F7uaLZh8TPPlJBQ0MXtC HDPyPXjFTp/pI0cVFhoVu316cgCpp9JDXQkpY2Es8TnZWSZc26EPMGgqQ5JZ6I8m 6SkUqlvnKnE= =0XRW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
