Microsoft's Response (to Gutmann's Critism)
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| Since the portions that I'll comment on here are PR-related rather
| than technical content, the following section is an attempt to
| respond directly and try and unravel the PR spin. The technical
| comments have been integrated into the main body of the writeup.
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http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html#response
Good references below. They only empower the arguments.
Related:
Microsoft spins DRM tale in 'blog'
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| Microsoft can't come clean, can't talk honestly, and won't do
| anything to protect its customers. Keep that in mind when you
| are buying your next PC, if you buy one with Vista pre-installed,
| you are funding the very people who are actively hurting you.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37091
The Longest Suicide Note in History
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| Gutmann: The genie's out of the bottle before the operating system has even
| been released! But that doesn't mean Vista users in particular - and
| the computer community at large - won't end up paying for Microsoft's
| DRM folly. At the risk of repeating myself repeating myself, yet
| another reason to move to Linux.
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http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/tux-love/2007/01/the_longest_suicide_note_in_hi.html
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List of candidate Microsoft astroturfers (directly or indirectly paid by
Microsoft to post in this newsgroup):
flatfish+++
Damian O'Leary (AKA Hadron Quark)
Erik Funkenbusch
Larry Qualig (former Microsoft employee)
Scott Nudds (AKA Vistaking)
Nedd Ludd
Tim Smith
OK
DFS
Terry
Take everything posted by the individuals above with a barrel of salt.
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