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View Full Version : Controlling the kernel - It’s all about DRM



dbarrow
10-24-2006, 01:50 PM
http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=121

Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes @ 11:07 am
...The security companies, on the other hand, are up in arms and claiming that Microsoft is locking them out of the kernel so that the Redmond giant can gain greater momentum in the security arena. I'm here to tell you that it has very little, if anything, to do with security - it's all to do with DRM and locking down your hardware. ...

...Make no mistake, Microsoft is positioning Windows Vista as a safe platform for the delivery of protected media content, not as a platform to protect you. ...

*Logical point here.