Sounds like Windows Vista won't be selling too well in Thailand, where 75% of the software on computers is infringing on one copyright or another. Windows Vista, you see, is going to be policing your computer for programs it doesn't approve of, and... poof!... deleting them.[F]or the past few months the legal and technical communities have dug into Vista's "fine print".Wonder what Windows Vista will think of my MP3 collection... or software for downloading it? Do you think Windows Vista will be informing Microsoft of the contents of the file folder on my computer innocently labeled "Favorite Pics"?
Those communities have raised red flags about Vista's legal terms and conditions as well as the technical limitations built in to the software at the insistence of the motion picture industry. ...
The net effect of these concerns may constitute the real Vista revolution as they point to an unprecedented loss of consumer control over their own PCs.
In the name of shielding consumers from computer viruses and protecting copyright owners from potential infringement, Vista seemingly wrestles control of the "user experience" from the user.
Vista's legal fine print includes extensive provisions granting Microsoft the right to regularly check the legitimacy of the software and holds the prospect of deleting certain programs without the user's knowledge. ...
Vista also incorporates Windows Defender, a security program that actively scans computers for "spyware, adware, and other potentially unwanted software". The agreement does not define any of these terms, leaving it to Microsoft to determine what constitutes unwanted software.
For those users frustrated by the software's limitations, Microsoft cautions that "you may not work around any technical limitations in the software".
Do you really want an operating system on your computer that calls home to Microsoft every night after you go to bed, files a report, then receives orders from corporate headquarters... and then executes them without so much as an Abort/Retry/Ignore input from you?
Think about it: For the first time in history, you are going to be buying and using a product that takes orders from its manufacturer without... or regardless of what your own preferences are.
You really think so Mr. Gates? Shee-it bro, you can keep your big-brother billion-buck backstabbing bugaboo in your own house. I like my Betty Page and Led Zepplin collections where they are, thanks.
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We have been driving cars that fit that description for years. Seatbelt warnings you can't shut off, air bags, and ABS to mention a few things I'm forced to pay for.
Good point, but with cars, you are talking about systems that Ford Motor Company can't shut off either. The systems were designed to always be on.
I mean, my blender downstairs doesn't behave exactly the way I want it to... by design... but the blender listens to neither me nor it's manufacturer when it comes to changing.
Windows Vista however is a product where you wish it to do one thing ("Don't delete this file right here!") and Microsoft wishes it to do the opposite, and it will listen to Microsoft instead of you.
Well, mine isn't that a strong a point, but it's not really the crux of my argument against the product anyway. Thanks for posting.
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