From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 

I'd really like to hear an explanation on just what "additional
functionality" I am getting with the drm stuff...


Antti Kurenniemi

"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in
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> The Vista team is hallucinating equating additional CPU cycles used for
> drm with additional functionality for consumers.
>
> from the link
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> Will Windows Vista content protection features increase CPU resource
> consumption?
>
> Yes.  However, the use of additional CPU cycles is inevitable, as the PC
> provides consumers with additional functionality.
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>
> "John Beamish"  wrote in message
> news:op.tmhkksu1m6tn4t{at}dellblack.wlfdle.phub.net.cable.rogers.com...
>> In this vein ... there was the story that Vista imposed DRM in such a
>> manner that if (for example) you were listening to a CD that was subject
>> to DRM and you were a technician viewing (according to this example) a
>> digital x-ray that the x-ray would be degraded to the same extent that
>> DRM required the CD to be degraded.
>>
>> The Windows Vista team replied here:
>> http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2007/01/20/windows-vi
sta-content-protection-twenty-questions-and-answers.aspx
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 19:08:30 -0500, Rich Gauszka
>>  wrote:
>>
>>> My main problem with vista is my sheer distrust of Microsoft's drm and
>>> activation  schemes - other than that I really like widgets ( both on OS
>>> X
>>> and Vista ) - Taking out newsgroups in Windows mail sucks too
>>>
>>> "Geo."  wrote in message
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>>>> Nope. In fact once I turned File/Edit/View back on I found I rather
>>>> like
>>>> it.
>>>>
>>>> I've discovered something else that may shock a few people
here. I like
>>>> Vista. Oh not the spyware or activation or drm aspects, no
those make
>>>> it
>>>> totally unacceptable taking far too much control of my machine and
>>>> putting
>>>> it in the hands of others. However ignore those and I like
it a whole
>>>> lot
>>>> better than XP, it's not near as annoying and has some nice stuff.
>>>>
>>>> Geo.
>>>>
>>>> "mike"  wrote in message
>>>> news:0me4r25lv655e7rhjcf5ajs3qsjjs3t0j9{at}4ax.com...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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