Comments on: Vista Watch: Users Giving up too Many Rights?

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:01:46 +0000

Dan, if you sound that article alarmist, would mroe along the same track make you scared of Vista?

Try this one: http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/420

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:02:02 +0000

I’ve read various opinions that claim that Microsoft might not have been, in fact, pushed to add the copyright protection systems, but instead did it to monopolize the content distribution industry. It makes more sense, as I don’t think the film industry would have near the clout or power to get Microsoft to change the OS so drastically. The crazy systems are instead ways for Microsoft to force consumers who want content to use Vista, as many content distributors would prefer the outrageous safeguards Vista uses.

By: Hax

Hax — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:30:55 +0000

Yeah sure. But they must at least try, right?

By: Don Wilson

Don Wilson — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:28:54 +0000

Let me ask one question…

How many limitations that Microsoft has set in before the launch date have either been changed (for the looser) or hacked? Quite a bit.

By: Hax

Hax — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:42:28 +0000

Well, try to see the whole case through Microsoft’s eyes:
If you really want people to stop pirating your products you need to take such drastical measures like binding the OS to specific hardware, repeatedly checking legitimicy and automatically deleting those little tools that undermine that strategy.

Ironically it won’t work. And it will punish those who legally aquired Vista.

By: viperguy

viperguy — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:09:47 +0000

“deleting certain programs without the users knowledge”
Isn’t that a bit too much?