Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263964AbTEOLEW (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 May 2003 07:04:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263968AbTEOLEW (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 May 2003 07:04:22 -0400 Received: from warrior.services.quay.plus.net ([212.159.14.227]:54953 "HELO warrior.services.quay.plus.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S263964AbTEOLEV (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 May 2003 07:04:21 -0400 From: "Riley Williams" To: "Dean McEwan" , , Cc: Subject: RE: Digital Rights Management - An idea (limited lease, renting, expiration, verification) NON HAR*D*WARE BASED. Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 12:17:08 +0100 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <20030515104458.4886.qmail@linuxmail.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 945 Lines: 26 Hi Dean. > ...and DRM will dynamically recompile itself every 32 seconds... ...and thus will spend so much time recompiling itself that there is no time to do anything else (since it will inevitably take 33 seconds to actually perform the compilation). Personally, I see DRM as the best thing Microsoft could take under their wings, as it's an almost sure-fire bet that any company that whole-heartedly embraces it will soon go bust... Best wishes from Riley. --- * Nothing as pretty as a smile, nothing as ugly as a frown. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.481 / Virus Database: 277 - Release Date: 13-May-2003 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/