29 Mar
2002
29 Mar
'02
10:48 a.m.
And thusly Sellam Ismail spake:
On Fri, 29 Mar 2002, Douglas H. Quebbeman wrote:
Hey Sellam!
I do believe *this* one will go away... But I fear this is only a decoy
so they can implement a "lesser" version of it. "They" will say it is
a
compromise.
Cheers, <with Jim Beam>
Bryan
The End of Classic Computing, and in fact, the
end
of Computing as a hobby for almost all of us, is on
the table in the U.S. Congress in the form of The
Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion
Act (CBDTPA). This insidious bill would strike at
the very heart of this community, the software that
keeps our ClassicComputers running, unless we or
someone incorporates anti-pirating measures.
<...>
Ah hell. This is a dead fish. It stinks really bad but it'll eventually
just go away. I wouldn't worry about it.