__/ [ Andrew McGee ] on Saturday 07 October 2006 10:18 \__
>
> "pc games" <pcgamer23708@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1160212262.962574.77410@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Have you already read this UNBELIEVABLE news about MS plans?
>>
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyid=2006-10-05T071738Z_01_N05310829_RTRUKOC_0_US-MICROSOFT-PIRACY.xml
>>
http://news.com.com/Microsoft+to+lock+pirates+out+of+Vista+PCs/2100-7355_3-6122462.html?part=rss&tag=6122462&subj=news
>> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061004-7898.html
>>
>> We desperately need to replace Windows in PC Games.
>> Just look at what MS has planned for the upcoming new Windows
>> version Vista, its total and utterly HUMILIATION for PC users
>> More and more intrusive, more and more agressive and they are
>> only in the beginning, and for sure they will not stop.
>> This is what we must all realize.
>> MS will not stop and they will go further and further
>> They have MONOPOLY, they can do whatever they want!
>> We are totally "F"ed, totally!
>> There is no other way out... we must replace the OS used in
>> PC Games.
>> We must replace Windows as the OS choice for PC Games.
>> And Linux is the obvious choice.
>> Mac is not cause Apple is as proprietary and monopolistic as
>> MS, so Linux is the only way out.
>> Linux is the only way out for us in PC Games!
>> Only Linux can "save" us.
>> The Linux community has done so many things for other areas,
>> why can't they now focus on Games and truly become our savior?
>> Please Linux help us!
>
>
> why is this 'unbelievable'?
>
> All it says is that it will be more difficult to get away with using
> pirated copies of the system
>
> But why should anyone be able to get away with this?
>
> And why is it bad new for PC Gamers?
>
> As long as you use a genuine copy of Vista, you should have no problem.
>
> It looks to me as if this piece is written by someone who is just trying to
> hype linux.
...Sorry to feed a heavility-crossposted item, but I ought to point out that
Microsoft has /already/ made a move toward immobilising game makers. They
discourage the use of OpenGL and wish that developers use proprietary
DirectX instead.
Please sign the petition.
http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/openglvista
,----[ Quote ]
| In the current implementation (as of 2005-09-22) of the OpenGL
| graphics library in Windows Vista - a soon to be released new version
| of the Microsoft Windows operating system, OpenGL is not a stand alone
| library. Instead it functions as a wrapper around DirectX, and is frozen
| to the vanilla version of OpenGL 1.4.
|
| This means that OpenGL applications in Windows Vista will, most
| likely, suffer from severe performance loss, that, when an OpenGL driver
| is loaded, the Windows operating system will have odd behaviours and
| that future versions of OpenGL will not affect the Windows Vista
| platform. This would result in less developers actively supporting
| OpenGL, and as a result, less applications written which are easy to
| port to another platform or easy to maintain.
`----
More recent:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=25215
Microsoft weakens OpenGL
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/08/06/177251
Windows Vista May Degrade OpenGL
Sadly, none of this is illegal (alebeit it's anti-competitive). The best
answer may be the boycott the beast and pray that the EU/US will finally
take antitrust measures seriously. There are perils in the way though
(lobbying).
EU official joins consultancy serving Microsoft
,----[ Quote ]
| A European Commission official originally chosen to lead its antitrust
| case against Microsoft left on Friday last week to work for a
| consultancy that has the software firm as a client, a spokesman said.
`----
http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?view=CN&storyID=2006-10-03T134311Z_01_L03693228_RTRIDST_0_TECH-MICROSOFT-OFFICIAL.XML&rpc=66&type=qcna
http://tinyurl.com/h47g3
US ambassador to the EU was former Microsoft lobbyist
,----[ Quote ]
| Before C. Boyden Gray was named as George Bush's number one person in
| Europe, he was a lawyer lobbying on behalf of Microsoft.
`----
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34706
US politicians go to bat for Microsoft
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/26/microsoft_eu_political_lobbying/
Changing the Report, After the Vote
,----[ Quote ]
| That agreement was nearly imperiled last weekend, though. Gerri
| Elliott, corporate vice president at Microsoft's Worldwide Public
| Sector division, sent an e-mail message to fellow commissioners Friday
| evening saying that she "vigorously" objected to a paragraph in which
| the panel embraced and encouraged the development of open source software
| and open content projects in higher education. The paragraph read like
| this:
|
| "The commission encourages the creation of incentives to promote
| the development of open-source and open-content projects at universities
| and colleges across the United States, enabling the open sharing of
| educational materials from a variety of institutions, disciplines, and
| educational perspectives. Such a portal could stimulate innovation, and
| serve as the leading resource for teaching and learning. New initiatives
| such as OpenCourseWare, the Open Learning Initiative, the Sakai Project,
| and the Google Book project hold out the potential of providing universal
| access both to general knowledge and to higher education."
`----
http://insidehighered.com/news/2006/09/01/commission
Feds seek formal extension of Microsoft antitrust deal
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| The U.S. Department of Justice and Microsoft on Wednesday filed a
| formal application for a two-year extension of portions of their
| landmark antitrust settlement, with the possibility of stretching it
| until 2012.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6111240.html
Best wishes,
Roy
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