Posted on 12/24/2006 11:15:27 PM PST by Petronski
VISTA'S CONTENT PROTECTION specification could very well constitute the longest suicide note in history, claims a new and detailed report from the University of Auckland in New Zealand.
"Peter Gutmann's report describes the pernicious DRM built into Vista and required by MS for approval of hardware and drivers," said INQ reader Brad Steffler, MD, who brought the report to our attention. "As a physician who uses PCs for image review before I perform surgery, this situation is intolerable. It is also intolerable for me as a medical school professor as I will have to switch to a MAC or a Linux PC. These draconian dicta just might kill the PC as we know it."
But this isn't just a typical anti-Microsoft rant. Gutmann's report runs to 6,000 words and contains hardly any FSF-style juvenile invective.
Ping for tech list.
If the Doc has issues...just wait till the Air Force or Marines get the software. Microsoft will likely have to deliver a special edition to them, without the protective side...to entice them to buy into the garbage. Linux will gain more points and start climb by late 2007 as a better software.
I can digg it.
If you read the entire 6,000-word report, and if you believe it, there won't be a chance for anybody to get around it. Microsoft will force the hardware people to build the protection into their devices, and keep them from releasing open-source drivers. So even if you run Linux or some hacked Vista, or stay with Windows XP, your new computer will be crippled.
Didn't the early versions of XP register to hardware so you couldn't upgrade your computer without buying a new license o some crap like that. Then Microsucks took it out because of public outcry.
I can't remember for sure but this really sounds familiar.
Vista is not an upgrade from XP. Vista is XP with a few bugs removed and draconian copy protection measures.
BTW, Europe screeched against the new monopoly code, and Microsoft took it out of their Vista operating system to be distributed in Europe. Meanwhile...
Some of the articles behind the links are gone, but you see what I mean. The last time I looked, more than 150,000 businesses in China were owned by the PLA.
Bill Gates says China has created brand-new form of capitalism (and praises Communist leaders)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1331228/posts
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gave $8.8 million to the Planned Parenthood Federation.
http://www.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/women/12/11/health.women.gates.reut/
"Microsoft offers source code to China"
http://itmatters.com.ph/news/news_03032003a.html
(removed from major news sites)
Gates: Buy stamps to send e-mail
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/03/05/spam.charge.ap/
Bill Gates against repealing the inheritance tax
http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript_inheritance.html
"Soros, one of the wealthiest men in the world, promised $15.5 million to defeating President Bush. Also on this list are Bill Gates,..."
http://www.americasvoices.org/archives2003/CoxJ/CoxJ_112403.htm
The Left-Wing Billionaire Collectivist Pigs
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/9/25/191020.shtml
Billionaire Collectivist Pigs on a Roll
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/10/11/171315.shtml
"Gun-Control Group Changes Name, Keeps Agenda"
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=%5C%5CNation%5C%5Carchive%5C%5C200106%5C%5CNAT20010615a.html
(and Bill is a contributor)
"Is Bill Gates a closet liberal?"
http://archive.salon.com/21st/feature/1998/01/cov_29feature.html
(Bill Gates for gun control, pro-abortion, etc.)
http://vikingphoenix.com/news/madminute/1997/mm970040.htm
(Gates on gun control)
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/july-dec97/guns_11-4.html
(more money for gun control from Gates and his father)
"Bill Gates Is No Free Market Hero"
http://brian.carnell.com/articles/2000/12/000046.html
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/opinion/datelinedc/s_176864.html
Client testimonials, Bill Gates in China, Bill Clinton in China
http://www.beijinghighlights.com/testimonials/testimonials.htm
"State-owned Software Firm Ties up with Microsoft China"
http://fpeng.peopledaily.com.cn/200107/07/eng20010707_74398.html
Screw that. I'll stay with XP for as long as possible, that is, until games start coming out that will only run on Vista. And even then...
The one about Bill Gates opposing repeal of the death tax is misleading. The "Bill Gates" involved is Bill Gates, Sr.; the *father* of the Microsoft founder. I have not seen Bill Gates the younger (and richer) comment on that anywhere. Might want to leave that one out of your list next time, since it's false and all.
He has made public comments that he thinks that inherited wealth is a bad thing for society and while he plans to leave his children a comfortable sum he also intends to give the majority of his fortune to charity.
Gates is giving away his fortune with the same gusto he spent acquiring it, throwing billions of dollars at solving global health problems. He has also spoken out on major policy issues, for example, by opposing proposals to cut back the inheritance tax.
I presume the first image was of a Transylvanian nobleman.
BFC
Gates is Machiavellian. He doesn't give a rat's rear for "technology" per se.
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