Posted by Goro on 10/03/05 14:52

M.B. wrote:
> Alpha wrote:
> > http://www.thebusinessonline.com/Stories.aspx?Microsoft%20invents%20a%20%E2%80%98one-play%20only%E2%80%99%20DVD%20to%20combat%20Hollywood%20piracy&StoryID=B7480068-F1F6-4C7B-A7A5-EEFCED0320CB&SectionID=F3B76EF0-7991-4389-B72E-D07EB5AA1CEE
> >
> >
>
> Don't fret. It won't catch on. Ever since the original Divx, you'd
> think companies would learn. But they're always trying something like
> this and the consumer proves to be smarter than the company developing
> this technology.

yes, what these companies seem to not-quite realize is that they have
to create a technology that CONSUMERS WILL BUY, not one that just
serves teh desires of companies. who the hell is gonna buy this
bastardization?

-goro-

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