Not saying I got it all figured out, just saying I believe some uber-smart person will figure it out and release a hack into the wild.

There will be a "jailbreak" or somesuch available for these within a matter of hours from when they hit the street.

Oh yea, don't get me wrong - they made money on the HDs. The thing is, they make WAY more on the software. When it comes down to it though, their money is in the software.

I probably shouldn't have opened my mouth anyway, I got sick of defending their hard drive prices when I worked there, been gone over a year - don't want to revisit that BS.

I worked at NetApp for 11 years. The intent never was to sell hard drives, the intent was to sell the software; ONTAP, Snap*, etc.

Dan Warmenhoven used to tell people "give away disks, but sell the software licenses." They make almost nothing on drive sales, they make huge margins on the software

OK, you first!

Is a "civil right organization" in Israel, telling a US company that it is violating US law?

I agree 100%. Next thing you know, we'll have iPads at chess tournaments to make them "more high tech". Just because we have technology, does not mean we need to apply it. WTF?

All the tech jobs I've had since 1990, have me listed as "exempt". Exempt from overtime that is. AKA salary, which means they own you and it is NEVER 40 hour weeks. More like 50-60, with the occasional 40 hour week almost like paid vacation. So.... there are IT people who aren't "professionals" - oh yea, I remember, I called Dell Tech Support - once.

If we make having my personal information illegal, only outlaws will have my personal information. Wait a minute...