[PLUG] Curious Intel DRM Statement

alan alan at clueserver.org
Sun Aug 21 17:44:09 UTC 2005


On Fri, 19 Aug 2005, Elliott Mitchell wrote:

> >From the article http://theinquirer.net/?article=24638 which is talking
> about "East Fork" the Intel hardware DRM scheme. From the third
> paragraph:
> 
> "It replaces the chipsets with Calistoga and ICH7-DHM, not a big change,
> and the rest remains the same. How they are going to sell a 64 bit launch
> and a quarter later an 'upgrade' to a 32 bit version is beyond me, but it
> isn't my idea."
> 
> I'm curious, because if that statement is correct, this could be the end
> for the Intel DRM. If true this is *so* much more brain-damaged than the
> P4 design, I fail to see how they could market such a step backwards.

What part of "DRM" do you not understand?

You will not have a choice.

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