>> C'mon, Rick, tell me that you think that MS DRM stops anyone who wants a cracked version of Windows. Get real. Anyone who wants one can find one. DRM just hurts those who are trying to follow the rules, when the vendor doesn't live up to their end of the bargain, or installs a rootkit that causes problems, goes out of business, or decides they don't want you doing what you're doing.<<
Ted, We all know nothing is 100% fool proof. A hacker is going to cheat if he can. Period. That does not make it right, nor does it justify that companies should just turn their head and not protect what is rightly theirs to protect. As Ed so kindly points out to another point in this discussion in another message, this is a lazy argument. I agree with you that rootkits are bad (I doubt there are many who would think they are a good thing). I agree that software should work. I even agree that it is a shame that Microsoft had a glitch and people could not register their OS. Stooopid for sure. That does not mean they should not fix it and keep trying to correctly protect their intellectual property. I was just disagreeing with your statement that companies should not protect their investment. >>DRM is a bad technique that doesn't work.<< This may be correct. But all developers assemble techniques to solve problems, and eventually they find one that works and one that becomes the best practice. Maybe the approach to DRM has not found the sweet spot at solving this criminal behavior. But then again, staying ahead of evil has been something people have been solving throughout history and it is a tough nut to crack. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
