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Then Apple is even less competitive right now
I guess the big difference between MS and any other company controlling an OS is that MS has publicly announced that they intend to use this feature to reduce competition and keep others
out of the market.

Apple refuses to license their DRM to anybody and you dare to suggest that MS is the only company being anti-competitive? At least MS licenses its DRM! Which is better: limiting competition to a handful of others (MS) or refusing to compete at all (Apple)? Or when you say any other company did you really mean to say any other company except for my beloved Apple?

You are also making a huge leap of faith from licensing DRM to blocking programs. If you reread my post you will see that I claim DRM is simply not necessary to block programs. If MS truly wanted to block Firefox, they would create a Windows Update patch that prevented Firefox from working, just like Apple did to RealNetworks. MS has always had the technical ability to block any program it wishes on its closed source OS so I don't see why DRM raises any new concerns. If MS hasn't blocked Firefox up until now, there is no reason to believe that DRM will suddenly give them the ability or desire to do so in the future.

Finally, this is hypocritical at best since the only company that has actually used anti-competitive measures to block the execution of programs is... Apple! OSX will not work on any hardware that isn't sold by Apple. There is absolutely no technical reason why OSX couldn't run on any x86 computer yet Apple artificially stifles competition to gouge consumers and maximize its profits. You are concerned that MS might do this in future when the truth is that Apple is doing this right now!
Posted by: NonZealot   Posted on: 02/07/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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the start of MS subscription based apps  cuboctahedron2004 | 02/06/06
FUD!!  NonZealot | 02/06/06
Well said.  A_Pickle | 02/06/06
Not completely  Fred Fredrickson | 02/06/06
I think you are FUDding yourself.  osreinstall | 02/06/06
Not entirely FUD.  olePigeon | 02/07/06
Entirely FUD  NonZealot | 02/07/06
Um..  Patrick Jones | 02/07/06
English is your second language?  NonZealot | 02/07/06
So,  Patrick Jones | 02/08/06
Well, there is this....  tic swayback | 02/07/06
Speculation  NonZealot | 02/07/06
Something to keep an eye on  tic swayback | 02/07/06
Then Apple is even less competitive right now  NonZealot | 02/07/06
I dare suggest no such thing  tic swayback | 02/07/06
HUGE difference!!  NonZealot | 02/07/06
Still doesn't make it okay  tic swayback | 02/07/06
Now you are getting desperate  NonZealot | 02/07/06
boing boing = Goners!  osreinstall | 02/07/06
When did violating the law become a concern?  tic swayback | 02/07/06
I always thought it was.  osreinstall | 02/07/06
"Business as usual" doesn't mean it's right  tic swayback | 02/07/06
No it doesn't, so don't focus too hard on MS.  osreinstall | 02/07/06
kinda off topic but.....  JoeMama_z | 02/06/06
Panda?  A_Pickle | 02/06/06
naw....  JoeMama_z | 02/06/06
Abusing their users  georgep_z | 02/06/06
Why don't you pose it to an Attorney General  Boot_Agnostic | 02/08/06
Who will you trust?  kda@... | 02/06/06
be honest....  JoeMama_z | 02/06/06
Love em', but...  314 | 02/07/06
not even close....  JoeMama_z | 02/07/06

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