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Originally posted by Wurm:
Neb I am a full supporter of a MS led world, if it wasn't for MS we wouldn't be writing to each other across thousand of miles or enjoying the many games that we do. But if you think I trust MS... well then I have some land near Live Oak Florida to sell you [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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Bah, the various internet consortiums could have done a better job if M$ didnt want so much of it to be set up there way. Just look at the Javascript mess. Was supposed to be a standard that would work on *any* browser. Any raw-coder will tell you how well that worked.
But they did good with DirectX, nothing that coudnt have been done by the hardware manufacturers themselves, but unfortunately it took M$ to force the issue. Its the single best feature in windows.
But having this kind of power over what someone can run, thats scary. "Oh, he hasnt paid us this month, lets shut him down" Sounds far-fetched? This technology is well capable of that. Hell, if they put in the effort "They are competing with us, lets shut them down" is a long way from impossible.
To beat it will require mod-chips and even then it would need significant resources to get the decryption keys to use. I dont think any of the big Warez groups have the resources, and if they join up they just get busted.