Hypercritical

John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin follow up on a host of topics: what ails Microsoft, the (slow, partial) democratization of corporate IT, the people vs. George Lucas, perpetual copyright, applications as art, Siri backlash, and the evils of Blu-ray. Links for this episode:In Defense of Microsoft (or, You Cannot Have Your Cake and Eat It Too) - Michael AndersonLet’s Stop with the Siri Baiting - TidBITSGeorge Lucas's 1988 Speech About Preserving Films, and Maybe Not Adding a Bunch of CGI Shit to Them - I Watch StuffDo As I Say, Not As I Do: George Lucas Quotes on Film Preservation - Save Star WarsTV isn't broken, so why fix it? - CNN.comSiri Is Apple's Broken Promise - GizmodoRidley Scott: The Only Way to See a FilmNational Film Registry - WikipediaMore Details On Pete Docter Movie That ‘Takes You Inside The Mind’John Lasseter on Charlie RoseGiga - WikipediaA "Jon" that's not short for Jonathan - TwitterWhy Siri had to start in beta - Benoit MaisonSponsored by Squarespace and Smile.