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Due Diligence

You should really do some research before issuing an ill-thought out chastisement of people complaining about Vista and the ridiculous security measures that they have put in place. Obviously Microsoft deserves to make money on their products (they are doing a fine job of that by the way, so I don't think you need to worry about their financial state). The question is what is their responsibility to the users of their operating system? You're telling me it is now *Microsoft's* responsibility to enforce copyright? It is similar to saying that it is the record player itself that needs to determine whether a record is something that I purchased or borrowed from a friend. If it incorrectly determines that a copy is ill-obtained, like borrowed from a friend, perhaps, it not only will refuse to play that record, but will self-destruct for all further use.

Maybe you should read this first before jumping off the deep end:
http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html

Did you realize, for example, that even if you have a legal copy of a DVD and a legal copy of Vista, but your TV isn't recognized in the Microsoft "security" screen, that Windows will output the picture to the TV in "fuzzy" mode? Did you realize that the operating system checks not only your computer but goes all the way down the line to your speakers?
More here:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=25124

Did you realize that legitimate software can completely deactivate your system? See here:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=221&tag=nl.e539

Not to mention you talk about piracy - I wonder if MS borrowed anything from Mac in their new release?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaIUkwPybtM

The one point you make that doesn't seem totally driven by emotion that you make is if you don't like it don't use it. I plan to do exactly that, although I have been a Microsoft customer for nearly 2 decades. Fortunately there are a few alternatives these days, and I suspect that Microsoft will drive many people to the competition. Unfortunately I will still be forced to deal with them at work, but at least I can voice my opinion through my pocketbook elsewhere.

I hope that Microsoft takes a hit on this, but they are so huge that I doubt anything could bring them down or even slow them.

Posted by: Grantarchy   Posted on: 02/27/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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