Friday, November 22, 2002

From the Desk of David Pogue: Microsoft and Innovation.. From the Desk of David Pogue: Microsoft and Innovation.: "David Pogue's editorial susinctly and rationally gets to the crux of the matter of why Microsoft bothers us so." [as in] "Instead, according to an article this week in The Financial Times, the numbers tell the real story: Microsoft’s Xbox game division lost $177 million last quarter, its MSN online service lost $97 million, its application-software division lost $68 million, and its palmtop division lost $33 million. The only profits at Microsoft, in fact, came form its Windows monopoly money: $2.84 billion. (If there’s any doubt that Microsoft is abusing its monopoly, that’s an 85 percent profit margin.)" [Archipelago] 10:16:25 PM    comment []

Even Microsoft Knows DRM Will Fail. The Register: File swap nets will win, DRM and lawyers lose, say MS researchers. [Hack the Planet] Ha!  A Microsoft researcher investigating DRM concludes that "vendors should sell their content unprotected and compete with the 'darknet' on 'convenience and low cost rather than additional security.'"  Erm, that's, well, exactly right.  It's nice to see a thinking individual take an objective look at the situation and come to the conclusion I've been advocating since this whole DRM debate began. [Off Topic: Shawn Dodd's Weblog] 10:15:12 PM    comment []