Fwd: [elug] Linux and the Public Library

[Russell McOrmond]

2011/3/29 James <james2432 at gmail.com>:
> Usually when people say they are going to work on it they don't (see
> ventrilo client) and then people work on a free version (see Mangler) a lot
> of reverse engineering and work goes into the linux community because big
> corporations don't want to support an O/S with 1-2% market share :(

  This is part of a DRM system, with the intention being that content
is only able to be unlocked with keys embedded in the software -- and
that the content is unavailable otherwise.   The more open the
computing platform, the less likely a DRM vendor is to support it.
Folks running Linux tend to be more free/libre (markets, speech, etc)
minded than DRM vendors are really compatible with.

  Even if Linux commanded 30% of the market share, they would still be
reluctant to "offer" support.

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