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Originally Posted by johnsoax
I didn't realize that it was free, it could have sworn it wasn't.
I was pointing out that the Zodiac had signing trouble, so MSFT is definitely shooting themselves. Not that I am complaining  . |
Aaron Ardiri goes into Tapwave's signing process
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I was one of the developers behind the design and development of the DRM system - which across the web people are blaming the demise of the Zodiac on. It’s always nice to blame the DRM - pointing fingers at the likes of Apple and Microsoft has been fun; but, in this specific case; the DRM wasn’t to blame.
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In the Zodiac's case, the requirement to use Code Warrior 9 to implement the Zodiac's unique features was a barrier to many due to its cost. Tapwave had a policy to sign pretty much anything including emulators, with the exception of Crimson Fire's commercial Nintendo GBA emulator Firestorm, for fairly obvious reasons.
In Microsoft's case with WM5.0, I agree that the signing process will likely prevent proliferation of freeware and open source applications by small developers.