From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262412AbTD3Tzk (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2003 15:55:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262413AbTD3Tzj (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2003 15:55:39 -0400 Received: from watch.techsource.com ([209.208.48.130]:17296 "EHLO techsource.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262412AbTD3Tzi (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2003 15:55:38 -0400 Message-ID: <3EB02D94.5020105@techsource.com> Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 16:09:56 -0400 From: Timothy Miller User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk CC: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Why DRM exists [was Re: Flame Linus to a crisp!] References: <170EBA504C3AD511A3FE00508BB89A9202032941@exnanycmbx4.ipc.com> <20030430152041.GA22038@work.bitmover.com> <3EB013A1.9030301@techsource.com> <200304301920.h3UJKE5J007310@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <3EB026D8.2070508@techsource.com> <20030430195549.GV10374@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Could you explain to me how this is any more off-topic than the whole DRM thread? I don't want to be a jerk about it, but my original statement was directly in response to McVoy's ostensive assertion (as interpreted by some people) that open source developers don't do anything innovative whereas commercial vendors do. So, was I off topic? Within the realm of the whole DRM discussion we've been having, I don't think so. Was the whole DRM discussion off-topic? Probably, and I apologize for adding to it. I will move on to more relevant topics. viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote: > On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 03:41:12PM -0400, Timothy Miller wrote: > > >>I am vaguely familiar with that. It uses vi-like editing commands? >>Sounds great. Why isn't THAT the default shell? Why are these >>usability perks not a priority to commercial vendors? Why are they a >>priority for open source developers? > > > ... and for $64000 question, could you get yourself vaguely familiar with > the notion of on-topic posting? > >