Archive 25. July 2003

Another Error in Windows RPC Interface

Maybe Microsoft should just uninstall the entire TCP/IP stack with the next service pack, then they'd have a chance of finally securing it.

Teufelsgrinsen

At heise online news you'll find the original article.

Heise News-Ticker: (Foreign) Frustration with Apple's Online Music Store

Pretty absurd the whole thing. And once again so beautifully customer-friendly.

Well, outside the USA there's no Music Store anyway, so it doesn't really matter to us for now. But it doesn't exactly bode well if the whole thing actually runs in Europe too.

Sure, Apple probably only bought usage rights for the USA — they have to pay royalties to the music industry. But you can't really call something like that customer-friendly, especially when you consider that purchased goods become invalid just because you move.

In any case, a nice example of the nonsense we're headed for if DRM continues to spread.

Here's the original article.