|  | Posted by Martin Heffels on 01/19/06 16:13 
On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:12:24 -0000, "Pat Horridge"<pat@remove-spam.vet.co.uk> wrote:
 
 >Maybe not but after a stunt like that who knows what they would consider an
 >ok technical improvement.
 
 :)
 
 >Say they decide to add some type of Digital signature to the DV stream in
 >camera so Sony post products can identify and "optimise" performance with
 >only Sony DV streams but this is then found to screw other non Sony
 >products.
 >Unbelievable? Would have said so once... Now....
 
 Rootkits are an annoyance, as they are hard to remove. Your example is
 pretty far fetched, but I am sure a 15 year old kid with a bit of
 spare-time, can write a patch for that, which would probably spread like
 wildfire.
 
 cheers
 
 -martin-
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 Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
 A large group of professionals built the Titanic.
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