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VWguy

31-08-01 08:18 PM

Microsoft to begin dictating your hardware?

Ran into this little bit of news at http://www.napink.com/

Microsoft is specifically designing its new operating systems to make certain cards not work or sound awful. Any card that isn't compliant with Microsoft's SAP (Secure Audio Platform) technology has horrendous noise added to it. The SAP adds this noise to your sound at the kernel level. SAP-compliant sound cards know to remove the distortion before playing the audio, while other cards play the distorted version. The reason for this frustrating state of affairs is that Microsoft wishes to prevent us all from using our computers the way we want to. That way, the company can become the music industry's choice for securing their content online. Your hardware's capabilities are (or will be) dictated by Microsoft, in order to extend the Big 5 record companies' monopoly to the Web.

hmmmmmm....

Dawn	31-08-01 08:22 PM

Well, I'll just sit back and wait for trouble.......... :D

:W: :love: :love: :love:

Moist_Funny_Head

31-08-01 08:29 PM

Yep! That court case sure changed things ay? Is it time for Linux yet?

Dawn	31-08-01 08:31 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by walberg_rastafari
Yep! That court case sure changed things ay? Is it time for Linux yet?

Good morning sugar. :kiss:

Moist_Funny_Head

31-08-01 08:35 PM

It's lunch time now for me. I'm hungry now. I wanna have some Subway. Mmmmmmmmm! :sus:

31-08-01 09:35 PM

Re: Microsoft to begin dictating your hardware?

Quote:

Originally posted by VWguy
Microsoft is specifically designing its new operating systems to make certain cards not work or sound awful. Any card that isn't compliant with Microsoft's SAP (Secure Audio Platform) technology has horrendous noise added to it.

well that chomps.

- js.

Jader

01-09-01 01:18 AM

Re: Microsoft to begin dictating your hardware?

Quote:

Originally posted by VWguy

The reason for this frustrating state of affairs is that Microsoft wishes to prevent us all from using our computers the way we want to. That way, the company can become the music industry's choice for securing their content online.

You mean as opposed to when they DO want us to use our comps the way we want to? Not like it matters to me... all of the Creative Labs Live! cards use the emu10k1.vxd driver, which, as good as it is... is not certified by MS.

But then again, at least the functionality is somewhat there. That's more than I can say for Linux.

greedy_lars

01-09-01 01:25 AM

dictate this

schmooky007

01-09-01 01:33 AM

Re: Microsoft to begin dictating your hardware?

Quote:

Originally posted by VWguy
Ran into this little bit of news at http://www.napink.com/

Microsoft is specifically designing its new operating systems to make certain cards not work or sound awful. Any card that isn't compliant with Microsoft's SAP (Secure Audio Platform) technology has horrendous noise added to it. The SAP adds this noise to your sound at the kernel level. SAP-compliant sound cards know to remove the distortion before playing the audio, while other cards play the distorted version. The reason for this frustrating state of affairs is that Microsoft wishes to prevent us all from using our computers the way we want to. That way, the company can become the music industry's choice for securing their content online. Your hardware's capabilities are (or will be) dictated by Microsoft, in order to extend the Big 5 record companies' monopoly to the Web.

hmmmmmm....

this just proves yet again --> only in america :D

ranger121

01-09-01 02:09 AM

I imagine right now some 12yr old geek banging away at a keyboard somewhere writing the software patch......

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