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1. Comment - Gates: Blu-ray DRM is 'Anti-Consumer'

   (Oct 20, 2005 - 8:09 PM)

   Why would you want to stream a movie???? Is this really a question? I think that you would like to do it because, like today's music, you would like to store the movies you own on your PC (and soon, 2 or so TBs of storage would be rather common) and watch it through you media center in any of the HDTVs that you may have. Is this a good enough scenario for you? If Blue-Ray would not allow this, then it is dead and gone, despite the paid journalism that Sony is disseminating (see stupid triumphalism such as "Blue-Ray has won")

2. Comment - Gates: Blu-ray DRM is 'Anti-Consumer'

   (Oct 18, 2005 - 1:58 PM)

   Even if you buy a boxed system and you think that you have a valid Windows license and you are willing to retire the old system, then you do not have to buy a brand new copy of Windows. In fact, a number of manufacturers, including Dell, would be happy to sell to anybody a "clean" system without any OS installed.
   
   I think that people are not fully aware of their options or they are just trolling, as you did mention.

3. Comment - Gates: Blu-ray DRM is 'Anti-Consumer'

   (Oct 18, 2005 - 1:54 PM)

   Well, compatibility does mean specific choices are to some degree imposed. If Linux was the universal standard, I am sure that many would be b****ing about it as they now whine about Windows. One does not have to buy a new copy of Windows when one upgrades their machine, this is just a fallacy. One needs to reactivate the Win XP copy, not buy another one. I am sure that there are real issues with Microsoft but this is not one of them