'Commercial Partners'

Eric S. Raymond esr at thyrsus.com
Fri Mar 31 08:51:30 UTC 2006


Andy Green <andy at warmcat.com>:
> >Yes, I am.  It's a business decision. Do they want significant desktop 
> >market share?  If so, they have to do this thing.
> 
> $THIS_THING is a moving target. 

Yes. it certainly is.  In a few years, once we solve this problem, I
expect to be back here trying to kick certain people out of their
dogmatic slumbers with respect to the *next* market-share blocker.

>                                 Shortly movie download stores with 
> encrypted HDTV files that require a signed Windows driver stack backed 
> by TPM will set the bar for you if you define what is needed as 
> "whatever Windows can do".

No, I define it as "what nontechnical users will consider us useless
wankers if we don't do".  

Which doesn't include TPM, because users haven't accepted that devil's
bargain yet.  If the history of DivX and other similar efforts is a
guide, they won't.

In truth, I think we can get away with not supporting WMA.  But no MP3
is a complete laugh-at-those-idiots showstopper.  QuickTime is
somewhere in the middle.
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		<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>




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