Kewl... ;) Yes, I had mentioned the P5 fiasco. Well, think about this. This wasn't a quick 1-2 decision and away we go. They had to consider how to enforce CMP, how to add it, in what form, where, what kind, who would provide it, and so on. There were meetings about this, meetings with First 4 Internet, probably meetings with other prospective CMP providers. There was lengthy discussion about how to employ the CMP, how to secure it. It needed to be part of the development and design for the Audio CDs. It needed to added to the commercial products, tested, validated. Succinctly, this was something in planning and execution stages for at least six months, a year, or more. This was a deliberate action (albeit not very well thought out). A very deliberate action. And who did it protect? Since this thing only works on Windows, any cracker (or wannabee) could easily circumvent the CMP just by using a different OS. Wow, a cracker using a Unix-based OS, who woulda thunk it? ....

C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it harder, but when you do, you blow your whole leg off.

 -- Bjarne Stroustrup

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