“The books will stop working.”

Re:“The books will stop working.” by la_barba on Thursday June 27, 2019 @11:18PM (#20301201)

I don't see what point you're trying to make? Microsoft continues to protect all their commercial products with DRM. They clearly see value in doing that.

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Re:“The books will stop working.” by nitwit005 on Thursday June 27, 2019 @11:43PM (#20301306)

Not exactly. They've basically accepted that a huge portion of the world will never pay for Windows: https://time.com/3749434/microsoft-windows-10-pirates-free/

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Re:“The books will stop working.” by dredmorbius on Friday June 28, 2019 @12:05PM (#20305755)

That the hypothetical case of OS piracy was false, explicitly acknowledged by the creator of the OS in question.

Microsoft's DRM on their own software is quite intentionally weak. Enforcement via audits (through its proxy arm, the BSA, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSA_(The_Software_Alliance)), has been the preferred method.

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Re:“The books will stop working.” by la_barba on Friday June 28, 2019 @12:33PM (#20306093)

I hope you realize that "more" vs "less" DRM, is not the same as DRM vs no-DRM. In any case, I don't see anything I can respond to.. so.. thanks for the comment.

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Re:“The books will stop working.” by dredmorbius on Saturday June 29, 2019 @05:40PM (#20314956)

Again: not the point I'm addressing.

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