http://blog.teledyn.com/node/708 Comments for "Bill wants your PC" en http://blog.teledyn.com/node/708 <p>Bill Gates is going to get control of your <span class="caps">PC, </span>and he's apparently not going to take 'no' for an answer: A recent memo percolating through Office Depot details the <a title="The Inquirer: March 23" href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=8472">Microsoft logo scheme that means Office Depot won't sell you <em>any</em> 'non-compliant' XP products</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><i>Suppliers who will be affected by the scheme tell the <span class="caps">INQUIRER </span>that they believe the primary goal of Microsoft is to push digital rights management (DRM) through the back door. If products cannot be sold unless they have been subjected to a whole battery of Microsoft tests, they will have to conform to the rules of the software giant.</i></p></blockquote> <p>Seems Bill couldn't convert people to XP on the technical merits of the product, so he's got another card up his sleeve to ensure everyone has to upgrade their MS-partner hardware and then hand over the <span class="caps">DRM </span>keys. If you're running <span class="caps">XP, </span>take my advice, <em>bail out now</em>! Don't say I didn't warn you.</p> http://blog.teledyn.com/node/708#comments the skin of culture Tue, 25 Mar 2003 06:35:11 -0500 mrG 708 at http://blog.teledyn.com