I really dont give a rat's wotsits what the management at Redmond think of this.
At the end of the day, those employees are free to do as they please when it comes to buying their choice of player.
If it irks the management so much, they have the option to ban the units - that said, they'd have to instigate a DAP/MD/CDP/FP wide ban (aka no personal audio or multimedia units allowed) in the workplace.
And do you think that'll attract any of the non-owners to buy PlayForSure compliant decks..??
Would you buy one, knowing damn well your bosses were instigating a 'only our products are to be used on our sites' witchhunt..??
I think not.
Let the management team go rot in hell, and blow off their hot air over something that's even worthy of wasting much conference and meeting time over.
I once argued a case that totally destroyed a workplace ban that should have prevented me from taking a DAP into work with me, and i didn't just win... it was a Perry Mason grade win vs the management.
Details, i'll skip, as the story is way too long and involved to go into - but the key to my win, was breaking their case open with a sledgehammer and destroying the creditability of their supporting case.. by effectively 'nuking it from orbit', and not one mention was used over 'freedom' either
