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Probably a day late...
... and a few dollars short for the content companies.

Mr. Schwartz is right, I suspect. If this DRM is to work, the codecs will have to be aligned.

After all this work and time, Sun is trying to change the entire media ecology of the internet. Whatever its virtues, this approach would require retraction of a lot of prior decisions. And abandonment of investments.

The biggest problem, I think, will be that the content ciompanies will be suspicious of their friends. The open source approach has not gained much favor with them, for obvious (ideological) reasons. Putting their survival in the hands of these people... ?
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Monocultures are bad?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/22/05
Yup  voska | 08/22/05
Or just maybe....  tic swayback | 08/22/05
A new can of worms  Roger Ramjet | 08/22/05
No License to use  voska | 08/22/05
Wouldn't "terms" be up to each vendor.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/22/05
NOTE TO SUN: DRM is a Failure!  Protector | 08/22/05
DRM will be dropped...  Anton Philidor | 08/22/05
So give me all your personal information then.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/22/05
Misses the point  tic swayback | 08/22/05
There are those that think going to the moon was a waste of money.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/22/05
I'll believe it when I see it  tic swayback | 08/22/05
Then stay tuned.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/22/05
What shall we call it?  tic swayback | 08/22/05
DRM is a huge financial success....  tic swayback | 08/22/05
So you think the IPod is a failure?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/22/05
iPod = success, FairPlay = failure  tic swayback | 08/22/05
The IPod DRM seems to be a success.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/22/05
The DRM is not a cash cow  tic swayback | 08/22/05
And was fixed.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/22/05
And was promptly broken again  tic swayback | 08/22/05
Probably a day late...  Anton Philidor | 08/22/05
Anton why are you focused on music and video?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/22/05
Because the content providers pay money.  Anton Philidor | 08/22/05
The issue is, everyone is a content provider.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/22/05
You're Opening A New Can Of Worms!  cuchullain | 08/22/05

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