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Archive for December 2006

Content Protection in Windows Vista

written by djm, on Dec 23, 2006 11:16:00 PM.

Peter Gutmann released an excellent paper: A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection that does a brilliant job in explaining the horrendous costs that Microsoft’s misguided attempt at currying favour with the media industry will foist on producers and comsumers of computing equipment. It is full of his fine wit, so it is depressing and amusing.