[Halfmanhalfamazing]

The more time goes on, the more that DRM becomes *the* reason why you should avoid bossy software.

All the arguments surrounding user interfaces, and ease of use, drivers, and etc are pretty much a non issue now, but it's a good fearmonger tact for those who don't want others to even attempt to give linux a try.

I don't subscribe to Stallman's views of freedom, however DRM does put software usage into a free/non free light.

You can't always do what you want if you're using bossy software.

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

I went cold-turkey for Linux just this past week.

I travel on business and wanted something I could run securely on my business laptop, which for corporate reasons must be a Windows machine. (My top recommendation for new purchases is a Mac, and we have several in the family. They’re trouble-free, well-priced and lovely. But they wouldn’t be an option for me due to company standards.)

So I set up KUbuntu Linux in a VMware virtual machine. Super slick! I can carry it with me on my thumb drive and use it when desired. This approach does require that the free VMWare Player be installed on the machine, but that’s a couple minutes’ work.

The software that is available (free) for Linux is almost stunningly good today. I played with Linux seven years ago and at the time it was terminally geeky to use. No more! It’s pretty close to Windows in ease of use and administration. And rock-solid stable, and more secure than Windows will ever be.

Recommended!

[Golden Eagle]

Silly article. If the content is encoded with DRM it’s much more likely to be properly deciphered by Windows than Linux, especially if the supposed complaint is only Windows contains DRM. Comcast is much more likely to support Windows as well, but in his infinite wisdom he apparently didn't even contact them for a solution.

[N3WBI3]

OSS Ping

[antiRepublicrat]

and then being advised to troubleshoot the problem with Windows SharePoint Services

Poorly written. For reference, the only thing Microsoft's system knew about this error was when it showed up in SharePoint Services (completely unrelated to the issue). It's not saying to troubleshoot the problem using WSS.

I generally don't like DRM, but if you're going to do it at least try to remember there's a customer at the other end who's going to be using it. You almost can't tell there's DRM in iTunes with normal usage, just remember to back up your library.