I believe I saw another article saying that they'd patched the DRM to allow offline mode without losing any progress. I'm not sure on the details of that, but at the very least, they're making changes in response to player feedback. More like covering their you-know-whats after people yelled at them, but whatever. 
Ubisoft DRM cracked. Already. Along with some interesting statements from the company.
- 05/03/2010 03:45:07 AM
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Steam is a form of DRM, but notice that Ubi doesn't have legions of fans like Valve does.
- 05/03/2010 01:06:53 PM
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They do seem to be taking notes, actually.
- 05/03/2010 02:02:54 PM
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It just makes it so there's a local save if it disconnects
- 06/03/2010 08:31:45 AM
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No, but an improvement resulting from player feedback nonetheless. *NM*
- 06/03/2010 03:56:29 PM
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The odds I'd give it are 0% or 1%, depending on the circumstances.
- 06/03/2010 10:22:44 PM
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More than that.
- 06/03/2010 11:50:37 PM
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Just to note: Steam's offline mode works <right now>, which is nice. *NM*
- 07/03/2010 02:33:39 PM
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