Intel to cut Linux out of the content market?!

[david]

On Thu, 2005-07-21 at 21:06 +0100, Magnus Therning wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 09:07:36AM +0100, david wrote:
> >Think of it this way. You own a record label and a TV station. Piracy
> >is a problem. Along come M$ who say "use this codec on everything and
> >pay us per copy". Your content is safer because no one will be able to
> >share their content (not even with their own mp3/media players). Once
> >it takes off everyone will have to go out and rebuy all their
> >cd's/DVD's again.  Since Windows is on at least 90% of all world PC's
> >you daren't say no (if other companies go along and you don't you're
> >screwed, if you do and they don't, you get to advertise as "Windows
> >media compliant" and trumpet your anti-piracy stance). No one would
> >dare risk having their catalogue unavailable for the Windows platform
> >so they will comply.
> 
> There is a healthy amount of fear of M$ in the content-provider-camp.
> The risk of your scenario playing out is not that big.
> 
> /M
> 

I do hope so.
In retrospect it occurs to me that these articles tend to portray the
"coming change" as one that will occur as though a switch were thrown.
One day all is well, the next all is lost type theme.

Never-the-less, I think it would be naive not to suspect M$ of having
some "creative commercial strategies" in line for all things not M$
(Linux).

nux