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"Adam Albright" <AA@ABC.net> wrote in message
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> Can you handle the truth? If so, keep reading. Fanboys, MVPs, stop
> reading now, I wouldn't want you to have a stroke or heart attack or
> cause your blood pressure to shoot up.
>
> Unlike earlier versions of Windows that brought MORE features and made
> it easier to use your computer, Vista took a giant leap backwards.
>
> DMA or "Digital Rights Management" has been beefed up. Those in the
> know call DMA Digital Restrictions Management, because instead of
> Microsoft flexing it's considerable muscle and telling big media
> giants to take a hike, instead Microsoft executives bent over and
> grabbed their ankles and said do what you want. Just use a rubber.
>
> So if you read the license agreement or not you have in effect by
> installing Vista given media companies without your knowledge,
> blessing or any legal recourse the right to decide on their own if
> they choose to prevent you from you using YOUR computer if it might
> conflict with what some media company thinks is in THEIR best
> interests. Microsoft seems to have said, hey cool, fine with us. Wink.
> Wink.
>
> A technology security expert named Bruce Schneier explained:
>
> Windows Vista includes an array of "features" that you don't want.
> These features will make your computer less reliable and less secure.
> They'll make your computer less stable and run slower. They will cause
> technical support problems. They may even require you to upgrade some
> of your peripheral hardware and existing software. And these features
> won't do anything useful. In fact, they're working against you.
> They're digital rights management (DRM) features built into Vista at
> the behest of the entertainment industry-And you don't get to refuse
> them.
>
> http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/02/drm_in_windows_1.html
>
> Hold on... Lets get another view.
>
> Steve Jobs, top banana over at Apple publicly came out against DRM for
> music. It's a reasonable business position, now that Apple controls
> the online music distribution market. But Jobs never mentioned movies,
> and he is the largest single shareholder in Disney. Talk is cheap. The
> real question is would he actually allow iTunes Music Store purchases
> to play on Microsoft or Sony players, or is this just a clever way of
> deflecting blame to the -- already hated -- music labels?
>
> Sure, sure, I can hear the fanboy crowd saying oh there goes Adam,
> he's crazy. Crazy like a fox. I can back up what I say.
>
> Did you know media companies can decide which programs you can and
> can't use on your computer?
>
> How about they, not you get to decide which features of your computer
> or software you can use at any given moment.
>
> Did you know buried in the Vista license agreement which you clicked
> on to install Vista you agreed they can force you to install new
> programs even when you don't want to and if they want they can
> restrict your access to certain programs and even to your own data
> files?
>
> Read all about it here:
>
> http://badvista.fsf.org/what-s-wrong-with-microsoft-windows-vista
>
> Getting mad? Maybe you should take a closer look at the fine print.
> Microsoft knows nobody really reads every word in the license
> agreement especially when you can't wait to install a new version of
> Windows, but they do put it online, not publicized, but you can find
> it here: http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/useterms/default.aspx
>
> In my case 11 pages of fine print for the Vista business version.
>
> The point is Vista isn't all peaches and cream like fanboys want you
> to believe. In many ways Microsoft done things on the sneak. Like
> spying on your because they don't trust you. Even if you have a paid
> for, registered, and activated copy of Vista the bloated code all on
> it's own, behind your back, over and over is snooping on your system
> and phoning home to report back to Redmond that you're still using a
> legit copy and if you're not, even if you are, and they suspect it
> Vista can cripple itself. In fact this has ALREADY happened to people
> a month or so back.
>
> One last thing. Microsoft after considerable prodding ADMITTED that
> they had a "secret" partner in developing Vista. Guess who? Non other
> than the federal government of the United States. Which Agency? Are
> you sitting down? The NSA. The very same agency that was forced to
> admit they spy on Americans without court supervision or warrant. Nice
> to know. Now you do. Can anyone say backdoor?
>
> Still wondering why fanboys try so hard to try to discredit me?
>
Oh crap you finally found out we all work for he NSA.
And I thought we really had you fooled.
Wow I just can't believe how smart you are.
news:2ednh3pgil6dr03fjtfpq1lgeavvgb4ll0@4ax.com...
> Can you handle the truth? If so, keep reading. Fanboys, MVPs, stop
> reading now, I wouldn't want you to have a stroke or heart attack or
> cause your blood pressure to shoot up.
>
> Unlike earlier versions of Windows that brought MORE features and made
> it easier to use your computer, Vista took a giant leap backwards.
>
> DMA or "Digital Rights Management" has been beefed up. Those in the
> know call DMA Digital Restrictions Management, because instead of
> Microsoft flexing it's considerable muscle and telling big media
> giants to take a hike, instead Microsoft executives bent over and
> grabbed their ankles and said do what you want. Just use a rubber.
>
> So if you read the license agreement or not you have in effect by
> installing Vista given media companies without your knowledge,
> blessing or any legal recourse the right to decide on their own if
> they choose to prevent you from you using YOUR computer if it might
> conflict with what some media company thinks is in THEIR best
> interests. Microsoft seems to have said, hey cool, fine with us. Wink.
> Wink.
>
> A technology security expert named Bruce Schneier explained:
>
> Windows Vista includes an array of "features" that you don't want.
> These features will make your computer less reliable and less secure.
> They'll make your computer less stable and run slower. They will cause
> technical support problems. They may even require you to upgrade some
> of your peripheral hardware and existing software. And these features
> won't do anything useful. In fact, they're working against you.
> They're digital rights management (DRM) features built into Vista at
> the behest of the entertainment industry-And you don't get to refuse
> them.
>
> http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/02/drm_in_windows_1.html
>
> Hold on... Lets get another view.
>
> Steve Jobs, top banana over at Apple publicly came out against DRM for
> music. It's a reasonable business position, now that Apple controls
> the online music distribution market. But Jobs never mentioned movies,
> and he is the largest single shareholder in Disney. Talk is cheap. The
> real question is would he actually allow iTunes Music Store purchases
> to play on Microsoft or Sony players, or is this just a clever way of
> deflecting blame to the -- already hated -- music labels?
>
> Sure, sure, I can hear the fanboy crowd saying oh there goes Adam,
> he's crazy. Crazy like a fox. I can back up what I say.
>
> Did you know media companies can decide which programs you can and
> can't use on your computer?
>
> How about they, not you get to decide which features of your computer
> or software you can use at any given moment.
>
> Did you know buried in the Vista license agreement which you clicked
> on to install Vista you agreed they can force you to install new
> programs even when you don't want to and if they want they can
> restrict your access to certain programs and even to your own data
> files?
>
> Read all about it here:
>
> http://badvista.fsf.org/what-s-wrong-with-microsoft-windows-vista
>
> Getting mad? Maybe you should take a closer look at the fine print.
> Microsoft knows nobody really reads every word in the license
> agreement especially when you can't wait to install a new version of
> Windows, but they do put it online, not publicized, but you can find
> it here: http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/useterms/default.aspx
>
> In my case 11 pages of fine print for the Vista business version.
>
> The point is Vista isn't all peaches and cream like fanboys want you
> to believe. In many ways Microsoft done things on the sneak. Like
> spying on your because they don't trust you. Even if you have a paid
> for, registered, and activated copy of Vista the bloated code all on
> it's own, behind your back, over and over is snooping on your system
> and phoning home to report back to Redmond that you're still using a
> legit copy and if you're not, even if you are, and they suspect it
> Vista can cripple itself. In fact this has ALREADY happened to people
> a month or so back.
>
> One last thing. Microsoft after considerable prodding ADMITTED that
> they had a "secret" partner in developing Vista. Guess who? Non other
> than the federal government of the United States. Which Agency? Are
> you sitting down? The NSA. The very same agency that was forced to
> admit they spy on Americans without court supervision or warrant. Nice
> to know. Now you do. Can anyone say backdoor?
>
> Still wondering why fanboys try so hard to try to discredit me?
>
Oh crap you finally found out we all work for he NSA.
And I thought we really had you fooled.
Wow I just can't believe how smart you are.