In comp.os.linux.advocacy, royschestowitz@xxxxxxxxxx
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on 2 Feb 2007 14:58:48 -0800
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> Vista gives a view of a new world
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> | Internet law professor Michael Geist casts an eye over the fine
> | print in Windows Vista and is concerned at what he finds.
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk
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What, impersonating Roy taking up all of your brainpower?
Can't post a link correctly? Radiation from the nearby
radio tower and/or the attractive redheaded receptionist
addling your wits?
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janine_Melnitz)
Here, let me help you. BBC's search technology actually
works (unlike a certain other vendors'), and coughs up:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6319845.stm
Vista gives a view of a new world
Internet law professor Michael Geist casts an eye over
the fine print in Windows Vista and is concerned at
what he finds.
Vista, the latest version of Microsoft Windows has
made its long awaited consumer debut. It incorporates
a new, sleek look and such novelties as better search
tools and stronger security.
[...]
While those reviews have focused chiefly on new
functions, for the past few months the legal and
technical communities have dug into Vista's "fine
print".
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.
Hard look
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.
[...]
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.
[...]
An old Ford campaign comes to mind:
"It may be your car, but it's still our baby."
Since Ford is not doing so well either, one wonders how
many feet Microsoft has left. (A hint to Microsoft:
replacing a mortar with a repeating rocket launcher does
not help one's aim, especially if it's still pointed
downward at one's feet.)
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