techcrunch.com— Gates did give some reasonably candid insights suggesting that he thinks DRM is as lame as the rest of us.....
Dec 14, 2006View in Crawl 4
Because Microsoft is constantly living under a microscope, one little slip up and some shyster gets lawsuit happy. Microsoft knows why this happened, but it's too late.They are now forced to obey rules, while the little guys like apple float on by unnoticed.Also, it's the world's dominant platform.
"Amused most likely.Microsoft and apple are not as big of competitors as you might think or hope.To Bill, it's just another platform his software already runs on."I agree. Microsoft will start worrying about Apple if they decided to release an OS that isn't on their own proprietary hardware. Otherwise Microsoft will continue to make money off MS Office.
So if DRM is lame, can we get Windows for free too? Because I think copy protection, and serial numbers are just as lame. Why is installing Windows so limited? "His short term advice: ?People should just buy a cd and rip it. You are legal then.""Is the same true for Windows too?
@Gerz1219 who said "Yeah, except Linux, which has no support for DRM, also can't play back any legally purchased content."What an ignorant thing to say! Linux CAN easily play back TONS of legal content! Music and videos do not require DRM to be LEGAL and not all commercial companies are concerned about raping you over every song you download like iTunes and friends! Many companies like www.emusic.com, www.magnatune.com, and even www.youtube.com do quite a thriving business, legally, without DRM. Dumbass.
Closed AccountDec 14, 2006
Because Microsoft is constantly living under a microscope, one little slip up and some shyster gets lawsuit happy. Microsoft knows why this happened, but it's too late.They are now forced to obey rules, while the little guys like apple float on by unnoticed.Also, it's the world's dominant platform.
reevesmjrDec 14, 2006
"Amused most likely.Microsoft and apple are not as big of competitors as you might think or hope.To Bill, it's just another platform his software already runs on."I agree. Microsoft will start worrying about Apple if they decided to release an OS that isn't on their own proprietary hardware. Otherwise Microsoft will continue to make money off MS Office.
dombiDec 14, 2006
So if DRM is lame, can we get Windows for free too? Because I think copy protection, and serial numbers are just as lame. Why is installing Windows so limited? "His short term advice: ?People should just buy a cd and rip it. You are legal then.""Is the same true for Windows too?
aeooDec 14, 2006
But if Bill Gates != Microsoft, then who cares about his opinion? :) He's *not* in power to shape the direction of the industry anymore.
digitaldudDec 14, 2006
It is as long as you don't install Windows on more than one machine, you can rip the CD as much as you want.
octoberDec 17, 2006
@Gerz1219 who said "Yeah, except Linux, which has no support for DRM, also can't play back any legally purchased content."What an ignorant thing to say! Linux CAN easily play back TONS of legal content! Music and videos do not require DRM to be LEGAL and not all commercial companies are concerned about raping you over every song you download like iTunes and friends! Many companies like www.emusic.com, www.magnatune.com, and even www.youtube.com do quite a thriving business, legally, without DRM. Dumbass.
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