Windows Home Server, everything you need: features rundown, screens, hands-on

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tom barta @ Jan 8th 2007 11:42PM

The big picture you are missing is that this unit, no doubt, will refuse to "play nice" with other things-- like Macs and LINUX boxes on your home network. It will be heavily "DRM'ed"; will report your every move to Redmond; and will reject iTunes AAC files as well as any open format, like MP3.

At least, that's what I would expect. It is mostly to "poison" competing products; not to provide any benefits to MSFT's customers.

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xxdesmus @ Jan 9th 2007 9:39AM

indeed, ignorance is bliss my friend.

When you take off your tinfoil hat and actually bother to listen you might learn something.

1. I am sure this home server is going report your every move to Microsoft. Ok, I said that with a straight face.

2. They already said it's going to communicate fine with Macs and with Linux. You obviously can't except the full rich experience that you can expect on a Windows pc, but it will at least work. What do you really expect?

3. MP3 streaming is going to work fine, they already said that. Like I said, take off your little tinfoil hat.

You said: "well that's what I would expect" ...what you meant to say was: "well that is what I ASSume."

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