Don't want a rootkit? Stop buying from Sony...

Posted Nov 15, 2005 20:15 UTC (Tue) by proski (subscriber, #104)
In reply to: Don't want a rootkit? Stop buying from Sony... by kh
Parent article: Sony's rootkit: an update

Actually, the CD format is OK. The problems are the autorun feature implemented unsafely by Microsoft (the user is not informed that the software is going to be run) plus Sony's abuse of the customers' trust (users don't expect bad things from a well known company).

Sure, having a data disc format unencumbered by Sony patents would punish them, but I don't see how regular LWN readers could help with that.

Don't want a rootkit? Stop buying from Sony...

Posted Nov 16, 2005 14:21 UTC (Wed) by kh (guest, #19413) [Link]

Sorry for not spelling it out better... the parent was speaking about boycotting Sony, and I read that as boycotting all of their products, not just their music discs. And where as a straight CD is not a problem format for Linux, DVD, and the upcoming HD-DVD or Blu-Ray I suspect will not be easily accessible in Linux. But perhaps the EVD backers would be easier to work with?