Comments on: But Does It Copy Macrovision, I Mean, Run Linux?

By: banana

banana — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 07:02:00 +0000

Seems like all the technical problems will make this another business liability rather than a success.

Lean Business Model: Only produce what is valuable to your paying customer, all else is waste. Security mechanisms that don’t trust the user are not of value to the user and will not fare well in a competitive market. (too bad about the monopolies though)

The real danger comes when people don’t pay for their computer and get it free – ie cloud computing and Google and Facebook etc. In those cases the paying customer is no longer the user hence the needs of the user become incidental.

Hardware obeys the laws of physics. You can try and copyright/patent it but it is pretty futile. Software on the other had can be copied indefinitely. I don’t think the hardware is really the big threat to open computing.

By: Conservative

Conservative — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 10:41:00 +0000

Russia, Europe, India and various other countries have their own satelites.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 01:07:00 +0000

“why wouldn’t they let you self sign bootloaders and then load your key onto the motherboard pre-boot?”

Because you could then run a cracked Windows bootloader.

By: Monk

Monk — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:59:00 +0000

im fairly literate on windows, but i usually spend hours trying to figure out how to install a codec on linux before i end up giving up. also installing linux programs is not that easy. on windows you can recognise the exe files as being programs, but its not so easy on linux. your average person would have to take a class on computers before knowing how to do basic things on linux. most people are not good with doing things in code. drag and click yes, running codes and terminals, no.

By: NONK

NONK — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:56:00 +0000

China just brought in a new govt that is going to be tough on privacy. the days of Chinese doing whatever they want without american oversite are over.

By: MONK

MONK — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:52:00 +0000

let me tell you the kind of power m$ has. the Chinese government developed an operating system called red flag, and they dominated the Chinese market. microsoft comes in and reverses all of that, and now windows dominates the Chinese market. the Chinese spirit tends to be independent. they do not like relying on others. they have their own mobile phone signal. the only one in the world that doesnt use the usa’s. theyre the only country other than the usa to their own satelites. China has their own credit cards, and are the only country that do not use visa, and mastercard. they have their own system called union pay. you get the picture. so i think there was a lot of arm twisting here to get the Chinese govt to go along with m$. thats the kind of power m$ has. they are no joke. all these european anti trust side shows are childs play and serve no real purpose. at the end of the day, american multinational corporations call the shots in europe, China, and everywhere else.

By: Monk

Monk — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:47:00 +0000

i paid $1.50

By: monk

monk — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:46:00 +0000

China has a computer that only runs linux. it’s called the Loongson. costs something like $100. i believe it’s the only procesor in the world that isnt intel or amd

By: Monk

Monk — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:42:00 +0000

i wouldnt be counting on China anymore. after years of being leaned against by the u.s regime, they have cracked and recently announced that they;ll be arresting pirates. this comes after they just switched their entire government with a new generation of leaders. this new one is more accomodating to america corporations than the last. China also deregulated all kinds of financial stuff to make it easier for “foreign investors” to operate in China. we all know what this leads to.

By: fish sauce

fish sauce — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 06:00:00 +0000

You forgot to mention apple use cheap hardware and sells it over-priced.

The cable mess that will help kill the planet.
EU said to apple to use USB. Apple made a new connector instead. Which is also over-priced and copy protected even.

Apple and microsoft is the same.

Microsoft is an apple wannabee.

Consumer rights out the door, hello lock-in. good bye privacy, and money