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From: "John Beamish" 

Here is Bob Cringely's analysis:
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2006/pulpit_20061229_001403.html

I agree with him.  MS has been able to distinguish between its clients and its
purchasers.


On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 00:16:33 -0500, Rich Gauszka
 wrote:

> Gutman:  "If I do ever want to play back premium content," he wrote,
> "I'll
> wait a few years and then buy a $50 Chinese-made set-top player to do it,
> not a $1000 Windows PC. It's somewhat bizarre that I have to go to
> Communist
> China in order to find vendors who actually understand the consumer's
> needs."
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/28/vista_drm_analysis/
>

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