Comment Re:So what? (Score 3) 389
The difference until now is that content providors did not side with content producers. If Sony makes music available only through a secure format tied with the OS the is little you can do if you want to hear it come from your speakers.
Microsoft has two problems ...
One is that too many people have CDs. So Sony will produce for that market.
The other is that MS cannot force people to buy their OS. They have secure ways to destibute windows and make sure everybody that has it pays for it. If they do that you would probably get half a billion more people using Linux because they can't afford Windows. (Windows becomes more expensive if you have to pay for everything you use like word processors)
That may trigger a new eara in open source were a new generation of programmers and contributers come to open source.
If it wans't for Linux, the computer/music industry would be very different.
I pray for the day MS windows becomes subscription only and veryfiable via the internet :-)
George
Microsoft has two problems
One is that too many people have CDs. So Sony will produce for that market.
The other is that MS cannot force people to buy their OS. They have secure ways to destibute windows and make sure everybody that has it pays for it. If they do that you would probably get half a billion more people using Linux because they can't afford Windows. (Windows becomes more expensive if you have to pay for everything you use like word processors)
That may trigger a new eara in open source were a new generation of programmers and contributers come to open source.
If it wans't for Linux, the computer/music industry would be very different.
I pray for the day MS windows becomes subscription only and veryfiable via the internet
George
