This has got to drive RMS nuts

Greg Rundlett greg at freephile.com
Tue Feb 22 22:13:31 EST 2005


I just noticed that Microsoft has used the acronym 'RMS' to stand for 
'Rights Management Services'[1].  That has got to drive the real RMS 
nuts.  Well, actually, I can't speak for him, but it kinda drives me 
nuts because it seems like they are using their marketing dollars in a 
thinly veiled personal affront to their nemesis.

Still, if you google for 'rms', the first result is a link to rms' 
homepage[2]. 

Maybe the fsf should launch a project that preserves individual rights 
to access technology and call the project 'No Gates'.  :-)

[1] 
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windowsserv/2003/all/rms/en-us/Operations_6.mspx
[2] http://www.stallman.org/



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