Author: Nick Chalk Date: To: hampshire Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Peter Gutmann on Vista Content Protection
Jamie Webb <j@???> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 24, 2006 at 04:05:53PM +0000, Nick
> Chalk wrote:
>> The Tyans and Supermicros of the world are
>> hardly likely to release products not
>> compatible with Windows Server.
> And you think they would be happy releasing
> products that don't work with Linux?
I doubt any manufacturer would be happy with
reducing their potential market, but the question
is can they resist the pressure from MS?
> at this stage the manufacturers know that over
> 30% of the server boards they sell will be
> running Linux.
And what proportion of the remaining 70% is
running Windows Server? Pretty high, at a guess.
If there's enough resistance from the hardware
manufacturers, then this specification is likely
to be forgotten. That's a big 'if', though - even
Intel haven't been displaying much backbone when
it comes to resisting demands for "content
protection".
Nick.
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Nick Chalk ................. once a Radio Designer
Confidence is failing to understand the problem.
