__/ [ [H]omer ] on Sunday 13 August 2006 20:21 \__
> GreyCloud wrote:
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>>> http://vistalinux.googlepages.com/
>>>
>>> Final product here:
>>>
>>> http://vistalinux.googlepages.com/NeoVista-Compiz.png
>>>
>>> And it's right here. Right now. And it's stable.
>>>
>>> But does Windows Vista have Compiz/XGL support? Or security? Or
>>> stability? Does it offer Freedom (as well as free cost)? What
>>> about privacy? As the days go by, Linux makes Vista look like a
>>> poor man's O/S. Windows is yesterday's technology and a
>>> cracker's/malware programmer's best friend.
>
>> That's why the real Vista is just XP with new makeup troweled on.
>> The new Tammy Fay Baker of the computer industry.
>
> Oh come on now, I'm *sure* there'll be more to it than just
> *that*. What about all that new "Trust-up Computing" bullshit?
Trusted. Computing. A computer you can trust, right? Sounds so benign.
Digital /Rights/ Management. Not Digital /Restrictions/ Management. How
about successfully restricting the penetration of malware instead?
> I'll predict for you what'll be in Fista - More bugs than a
> rainforest, more holes than a sieve, more prohibitions than a Federal
> Penitentiary, and a whole shitload more money and hassle than it's
> worth.
Other 'features' in Vista:
*More prompts and popups.
*Hardware requirements
*Incompatibility with third-party AV software (must buy OneCare)
*Better security, to protect you from malware sung as Firefox, OpenOffice,
and Google Toolbar.
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