From: Tony Williams 

Tony Williams wrote:
> John Beckett wrote:
>
>> "Rich"  wrote in message
news::
>>
>>>   My objection to your use of the term DRM is that it doesn't apply and
>>> diverts the discussion away to off topic, often silly, emotionally
>>> charged claims.
>>
>>
>>
>> True. However I find it interesting that systems capable of being used
>> for
>> DRM are more or less an inevitable consequence of the need to deal with
>> increasingly sophisticated malware.
>>
>
> I'm more worried about systems incapable of being used _without_ DRM.
>

I was kind of hoping for a reply to this one, because that seems to be the
way things are going and I'd like to get confirmation/refutation. Imagine a
PC which refuses to boot anything but a "trusted" operating
system ...

--
Tony

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