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From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@flat.berklix.net>
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> There are so many bad assumptions here!
> 
> bad#2: that ANY of them do.  A very small amount of dvd players have the 
> ability to add patches to them, these all (in every case) need you to 
> run Windows code to get these patches installed, and I don't run 
> Windows, anywhere, anytime.

My DVD Player, (eg external player. Not a computer as such, plugs
into TV), did not require me to run Windows or FreeBSD. I just ran
google, found the unlock code, & typed it in using remote controller.

A DVD drive is another matter, that might need evil MS to zap it.

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Julian Stacey        Net & Sys Eng Consultant, Munich       http://berklix.com
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