Well as far as I have seen here, my original concern (Netflix on Linux, which is specifically linux related) has been addressed as a no-go until some point in the future (Netflix creates a plugin for some browser and/or switches to HTML5). Bummer. I was really hoping I could convince the wife to let me switch our machine. Guess I just need to clone my Win7 drive and keep playing with Linux in VMs for the time being.<br>
<br>Thanks anyway guys. I do appreciate the effort to help me figure this out.<br clear="all">--<div>Dave<br></div><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Michael Mol <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mikemol@gmail.com">mikemol@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
It's not a technical requirement that the system be closed-source in<br>
order to meet copyright holders' requirements. It's only necessary<br>
that the cryptographic keys used not be freely available. If it were a<br>
requirement that cryptography and/or content protection be<br>
closed-source to be effective, we wouldn't have OpenSSL, GnuTLS or<br>
GPG. Heck, we wouldn't have most of modern cryptography; the<br>
algorithms are open and public. The point to them is that the keys are<br>
all that need be private.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 2:19 AM, Mike Williams <<a href="mailto:knightperson@zuzax.com">knightperson@zuzax.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> It's my understanding that this is exactly the issue. Still, it shouldn't be<br>
> insurmountable. The solution would be closed-source, of course, but it could<br>
> be done. Every so often I hear rumors that it's "almost ready", but I'll<br>
> believe it when I see it.<br>
><br>
> On 10/21/2011 04:11 PM, megadave wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> FWIW, I didnt even look at Netflix until I had acquired a Wii for my<br>
>> son and noticed there was a Wii Netflix app.<br>
>><br>
>> I suspect the various studios and copyright holders will NEVER let go<br>
>> of the DRM that keeps Netflix from supporting anything<br>
>> non-proprietary.<br>
<br>
</div>[snipppp]<br>
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