When I innocently asked a friend to download a song for me from a music store that happens to use Microsoft’s “Plays for Sure” DRM, I inadvertently caused him hours of anguish, and lost him his library of music he purchased with real money. Needless to say, he’s no fan of Plays For Sure anymore (won’t touch it with a ten foot pole now), and has decided that Apple’s iTunes DRM, while not perfect, is the best available on the market these days. In fact, he’s very seriously considering converting from his Tablet PC to a Mac, very much like what Michael Hyatt recently did.
I’m no Microsoft hater, but you gotta admit there are problems here. Chris is a student, as well as a professional developer and a hardcore geek. When he’s tempted to move to a Mac from his Toshiba m200 Tablet PC (the pinnacle of Microsoft mobile computing), it’s clear that Windows has become boring, and still just causes its users too many problems.
And while Plays For Sure is a nice idea, it sure isn’t a guarantee.
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