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I love these rare moments when, through all the corporate newspeak normally employed, the real motives of a company, person or project shine through. Sometimes, they even get addressed forthrightly in public (which, by the way, still is one of the best ways to make people not believe what you're saying) - just like this gem from MSFT. The news isn't the unsurprising announcement that the company wants to restrict the clientele that will be allowed to buy licenses for the Microsoft DRM system. It's the reason why they will be charging for such licenses:

According to Amir [Majidimehr, Corporate VP of the Windows Digital Media Division], the fee is not intended to recoup the expenses Microsoft incurred in developing their DRM, or to turn a profit. The intention is to reduce the number of licensors to a manageable level, to lock out "hobbyists" and other entities that Microsoft doesn't want to have to trouble itself with.

Like the open source world, for example. Who would have expected to hear it in such clarity.

[via Cory Doctorow]

UPDATE
"Hobbyists", a term with long standing tradition at MSFT (via Danny Ayers)