Mac OS X Intel Kernel Uses DRM 1399
An anonymous reader submits "Several people have discovered that the new Intel kernel Apple has included with the Developer Kit DVD uses TCPA/TPM DRM. More specifically, it includes "a TCPA/Palladium implementation that uses a Infineon 1.1 chip which will prevent certain parts of the OS from working unless authorized."
Damn Microsoft! (Score:5, Funny)
Wow! Spectacular use of technology Steve! You're my hero!
Re:Damn Microsoft! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Who's more evil? (Score:2, Funny)
Microsoft have always been evil!
Gentlemen, start your debuggers (Score:5, Funny)
Zealotry (Score:5, Funny)
Oh no, my two sources of zealotry are colliding. Eeek! It can't be evil if Apple does it, right... but DRM is always evil, right?
Re:Damn Microsoft! (Score:4, Funny)
Correction - Re:Gentlemen, start your debuggers (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Damn Microsoft! (Score:5, Funny)
That bit in your contract about the "per anum" fee may have been a typo.
I'm an Apple user, and I've always paid through the nose...
I thought this way (Score:3, Funny)
javascript:void(osx.g_sDisableAppleCheck='all')
Re:Damn Microsoft! (Score:4, Funny)
At home, on my Pentium Pro 200 running NT 4, which by all standards should be a lot slower than this Mac, the same operation would take about 2 minutes. If that.
Re:FP! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:DRM (Score:3, Funny)
Don't fear. The moderation "-1 Paranoid" has not yet been implemented on Slashdot.
Re:Damn Microsoft! (Score:1, Funny)
I know, I know. Those multi-button mice are a bitch aren't they.
Re:Damn Microsoft! (Score:3, Funny)
Researchers discover: Some people are willing to pay more for a product then others...
Re:Damn Microsoft! (Score:3, Funny)
-Eric
Re:Damn Microsoft! (Score:2, Funny)
Aww, come on. Slashdot's not really that bad, is it?
Re:Damn Microsoft! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Damn Microsoft! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Damn Microsoft! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Damn Microsoft! (Score:4, Funny)
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of tired old jokes...