OS X ruins Adobe copyright mechanisms?; Apple's Brand; more

OS X ruins Adobe copyright mechanisms? Thomas Diaz, a senior Adobe engineer, is quoted in a Reuters article as saying "Apple Computer Inc.'s latest operating system, OS X, disables some of Adobe's copyright prevention functions." The article profiles ElcoSoft, a Russian software firm that allegedly violated the DMCA with software that circumvents Adobe's piracty protection in eBooks. More.

IDC says Windows cheaper than Linux CNET reports that research firm IDC, in a Microsoft-funded study, has reinforced a Microsoft argument that Linux is more expensive to administer than Windows, a factor that makes Windows less expensive overall in most server uses. "IDC found that Linux cost less than Windows for hosting Web sites, but that in four other areas Windows 2000 was less expensive overall. The servers were used for tasks ranging from sharing files, running protective firewall software, and sending print jobs to printers--typically jobs run on lower-end servers where Linux and Windows are most widely used." More.

Apple: It's All About the Brand A Wired News article asseses the value of Apple's brand name: "Ask marketers and advertising experts why Mac users are so loyal, and they all cite the same reason: Apple's brand. It's no coincidence that during the late 1980s and early 1990s it was a marketing executive from Pepsi, John Sculley, who grew Apple into the biggest single computer company in the world, with $11 billion in annual sales. Sculley marketed Apple like crazy, boosting the advertising budget from $15 million to $100 million." More.

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