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Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]
But you can read the license agreement after installing Windows Vista and if
you don't agree with, you don't have to activate it and just return it to
the place of purchase.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry
"Adam Albright" <AA@ABC.net> wrote in message
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?
>
you don't agree with, you don't have to activate it and just return it to
the place of purchase.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry
"Adam Albright" <AA@ABC.net> wrote in message
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?
>