RE: [tlug] Re: [CoLoCo] RESPECT MICROSOFT

[Curt Sampson <cjs@example.com>]

On Sat, 18 Aug 2007, burlingk@example.com wrote:

> > From: Curt Sampson
> >
> > > That is part of the current problem, is that the
> > > commercial OSes ARE pretty much being forced into the DRM
> > > issue.
> >
> > No, as you point out, everybody has a choice. MS and Intel are moving
> > toward supporting very strong DRM, but they don't have to do that.
> There is one big issue though. There are still a LOT of people among
> the average consumer that thinks of their computer as a "DVD Player
> Plus."

First of all, I'm not sure where you get "still" from; it seems to
me certain in the case of CDs, and very highly likely in the case of
DVDs, that if there is any trend, it would be away from using consumer
electronics devices and toward using computers to play media, rather
than the reverse.

Second, I'd like to see some support for your arugment that the average
consumer thinks of his computer as a DVD player at all. I posit that
your average consumer thinks of a stand-alone DVD player as his "DVD
player," and while some are aware that they can also play DVDs on their
computers, very few use it as a primary playback device, and chose their
computers based on the ability to play DVDs or not.

cjs
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