38 Quotes by Edward Felten

it is normal for these types of papers to be presented, which discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the technologies.

Microsoft could have produced a version of Windows 98 without Web browsing in a way that did not adversely affect the non-Web browsing features of Windows 98.

We are not going to change the weaknesses in the technology by publishing the paper, ... The technology is weak. It would be widely defeated, quickly.

There is a concern that there is a tendency to lock down parts of the design to protect the flanks of the copy-protection system. That makes it harder for everyone, including Microsoft, to adapt to new uses.

The paper would be unintelligible to a lay person,

procedure to remove Internet Explorer from Windows 98.

People don't know what they can say and what they can write, ... The scientific community can't operate that way.

It's abundantly clear by now that no DRM system can stop serious pirates, ... A DRM system that stops serious pirates, and simultaneously gives broad leeway to ordinary users, is even harder to imagine.

I am not concerned about presenting this paper on this particular day.