My OperaVista's content protection, the problem and the consequences
Friday, June 1, 2007 5:49:54 AM
Hi all,
I'm laughing and having a good time again. Micro$oft is at it again and this time its non the less priceless. You see Vista's DRM stuff has some major consequences. I suggest all of you read the following article more over the report issued by Peter Gutmann a Professor at University of Auckland in New Zealand. Vista's built-in DRM to protect so called "premium content" think HD DVD and Blu-ray has some major consequences. First and foremost performance, followed by "system stability, technical support overhead, and hardware and software cost". This is just one of the reasons I will not use Vista. My laptop is not a windows machine nor will it be. I personally noticed despite the fact its a 64 bit dual core system with 1 GB of ram. The Vista install that came with it was sucking up at minimum about 3/4ths of that. A good friend of mine has the same laptop and is planning to add another GB due to the issues that arise with just one. I on the other hand run Ubuntu 7.04 on it and have no issues at all. The system performs extremely well given Ubuntu can run on far less. Much like the report issued by Gutmann, I think he's right and there will be repercussions throughout the entire tech industry as a result of it. Honestly, I don't even want to think about what hackers can do if they find flaws in the DRM stuff. That would be like Sony's DRM problem all over again. Further more in Vista it loves to prompt you before running allot of apps. Security through paranoia doesn't work, period. Not to mention the whole thing can drive a person mad literally because of its sheer annoyance factor. In closing I will sit here and say I told you so. I can't wait to find out why I said it this time, but I know its gonna happen.
I'm laughing and having a good time again. Micro$oft is at it again and this time its non the less priceless. You see Vista's DRM stuff has some major consequences. I suggest all of you read the following article more over the report issued by Peter Gutmann a Professor at University of Auckland in New Zealand. Vista's built-in DRM to protect so called "premium content" think HD DVD and Blu-ray has some major consequences. First and foremost performance, followed by "system stability, technical support overhead, and hardware and software cost". This is just one of the reasons I will not use Vista. My laptop is not a windows machine nor will it be. I personally noticed despite the fact its a 64 bit dual core system with 1 GB of ram. The Vista install that came with it was sucking up at minimum about 3/4ths of that. A good friend of mine has the same laptop and is planning to add another GB due to the issues that arise with just one. I on the other hand run Ubuntu 7.04 on it and have no issues at all. The system performs extremely well given Ubuntu can run on far less. Much like the report issued by Gutmann, I think he's right and there will be repercussions throughout the entire tech industry as a result of it. Honestly, I don't even want to think about what hackers can do if they find flaws in the DRM stuff. That would be like Sony's DRM problem all over again. Further more in Vista it loves to prompt you before running allot of apps. Security through paranoia doesn't work, period. Not to mention the whole thing can drive a person mad literally because of its sheer annoyance factor. In closing I will sit here and say I told you so. I can't wait to find out why I said it this time, but I know its gonna happen.
