Re: Windows Vista - worst OS yet?

One might suspect something more along these lines is what's happening:

(1) The media industry lobbies the computer industry to implement
serious "digital rights management".

(2) The industry says "sure", and tries several schemes, all broken
within a month.

(3) TMI pushes again, saying "In Vista, put in some really good DRM".

(4) MSoft puts in a half-hearted effort, which looks secure on the
outside, enough to please TMI for a while.

(5) Your typical cadre of code crackers takes, somewhere between one
and three months to break Vista's DRM.

(6) TMi is unhappy, but who cares. MSoft gets the best of both ends,
claiming to provide DRM, but in actuality many people bypass it, making
Vista a usable OS.

Just my guess....

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