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Re: An explanation of tivoisation
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Alexander Terekhov |
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Re: An explanation of tivoisation |
Date: |
Wed, 20 Dec 2006 14:43:47 +0100 |
Ciaran O'Riordan wrote:
>
> This isn't a ground-breaking article, but there didn't seem to be any
> articles that described tivoisation in moderate detail, so I wrote one:
>
> Tivoisation explained - implementation and harms
> http://fsfe.org/en/fellows/ciaran/ciaran_s_free_software_notes/tivoisation_explained_implementation_and_harms
"Tivoisation is a technique that manufacturers use to produce a
computer, to sell to you, whose software they can update but you
can't."
That's exactly how my BMW works!
Hey, and apart from a more known brand, it's whole one character
less: BMWisation!!
regards,
alexander.
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