[Dixielandjazz] FW: Forbes Magazine - Why Vista's DRM Is Bad For You

[Craig I. Johnson]

Guys (and those of the other persuasion),
By the time I tried to link to the referenced URL, it was gone or
the link was bad. I can imagine what it was from the note below, but
if anyone copied the message I'd sure like to read it.

Craig Johnson




Mike wrote:

>It is a pretty bad thing, but it won't affect most of the users 
>that currently have Windows XP(or earlier systems) installed on 
>their computers. Microsoft will no doubt continue to support XP 
>for another couple of years. By that time, they will have 
>figured a way around the DRM or Microsoft might do away with it 
>altogether.
>
>I had a feeling when they released Zune(their own media player) 
>something like this would happen.
>
>I decided awhile ago that my new computer purchase will be a Mac 
>anyway. Tired of all the windows viruses and updates. Multimedia 
>stuff tends to run much smoother on a mac anyway.
>
>Mike
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