__/ [ John Slade ] on Saturday 03 February 2007 22:26 \__
>
> "Peter Bjørn Perlsø" <spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> message news:2007020310141922503-spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Yes, as a matter of fact, I do.
>>
>> Why?
>>
>> Because it is taking the control of the computer away from the user, and
>> granting it to Microsoft and its sponsors - the Big Media.
>>
>> Read:
>>
>> http://badvista.fsf.org/blog/analysis-of-microsofts-suicide-note-part-1
>>
>> http://badvista.fsf.org/blog/analysis-of-microsoft-s-suicide-note-part-2
>>
>> http://badvista.fsf.org/blog/article-from-the-fsf-bulletin
>>
>>
>> I want to be in control of MY property. I don't want Microsoft and their
>> buttboys to be in control of MY actions or MY property.
>>
>> Therefore, I choose not to use Vista.
>
> So I take it you won't be rushing out and dropping over $200 on Vista.
$200 is too basic (or Basic). I am not aware of the cost of 'upgrade'
versions or even the costs in various parts of Europe (mind the OP's name),
but subsequent S/W upgrades will cost more (the 'hidden cost' economy).
See the following:
Boycott The Windows Vista Release
,----[ Quote ]
| For reference, this is the list of features Microsoft says is added
| in Vista Ultimate
|
| * "Help protect against hardware failure"
| * "Business Networking and Remote Desktop"
| * "Better Protect Your Data"
|
| Hell, I've used the top two features in XP Professional so much I
| don't know what the heck I?d do without them, and better protect my
| data? YES PLEASE!
`----
http://www.nigelj.com/blog/2007/01/windows-vista-release/
Acer: Vista Home Basic is a lemon
,----[ Quote ]
| Microsoft is effectively smuggling through a price hike for Windows
| Vista - by making the entry-level version so poor that no-one will
| want to use it. So says Jim Wong, senior veep at Acer, the world's
| number four PC maker, who told UK hack Jon Honeyball: "The new
| [Vista] experience you hear of, if you get Basic, you won't feel
| it at all. There's no [Aero] graphics, no Media Center, no
| remote control."
`----
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/acer_slams_vista_home_basic/
Vista Home Basic's half-baked bits
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| More suspicious, of course, is that that Home Basic can't run the
| Aero Glass UI, even if the PC is suitably equipped with WDDM-supported
| graphics (this includes some integrated graphics chipsets, such as
| Intel's 945G/GM Express and Core 2 Duo 965 Express) and backed by
| enough RAM.
|
| [...]
|
| Yet three of Home Basic's components -- Backup, Mobility Centre and
| Meeting Space -- are present in an oddly stripped-down form which we
| expect will lead to confusion among people running different versions
| of Vista.
|
| [...]
|
| Another quirk of the cut-down Home Basic build is the Mobility Centre,
| which is intended to aggregate all notebook-centric features into a
| single control strip. Home Basic lists its version of the Mobility
| Centre as being 'limited', which doesn't say much.
`----
http://www.apcmag.com/4900/vista_home_basics_half_baked_bits
Also, as regards other licences/editions:
Microsoft Screws Students With Academic Licensing Package
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| Now, to be honest, I am quite impressed with the options for Office
| 2007. What I'm focusing on, is the fact that Microsoft plan to
| distribute Vista "Home Premium" as Academic software instead of
| Vista "Ultimate" edition. Why is this? It's because even though
| it's an "Upgrade" version, it doesn't facilitate upgrades from the
| previous Academic release!
|
| Conspiracy? I think so!
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http://www.nigelj.com/blog/2007/01/microsoft-screws-students-with-academic-licensing-package/
http://tinyurl.com/yxy7jo
Microsoft patent hints at pay-as-you-go OS
,----[ Quote ]
| A Microsoft patent application from June 2005, published only today,
| titled "System and method for delivery of a modular operating system"
| may signal a fundamental change for what an operating systems stands
| for and how it is sold.
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http://www.istartedsomething.com.nyud.net:8080/20061215/pay-as-you-go-os-patent/
Vista Starter ready for developing nations
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| According to Wickstrand, the Windows XP Starter Edition was
| marketed primarily to consumers in Southeast Asia, Russia and
| India, with particular focus on families with school-age children
| and those who had purchased their first computer.
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http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-6153667.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
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