Re: Things about Vista Microsoft, MVPs and Fanboys don't want you to know
Re: Things about Vista Microsoft, MVPs and Fanboys don't want you to know
"-Phil Clemence" <me@nowhere.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> 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
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>
> What you say about returning it is true, and it is a very principled
> position. The problem is that the principle of letting the free market
> decide, or act as an agent to prevent abuses that are enabled by a free
> market just doesn't work, and it gets worse as the market gets more
> sophisticated (in certain ways - in others it gets simpler, etc). In the
> case of MS and OS releases, it can work , but it would take time, much
> damage would be done (for everyone involved) if enough people returned
> Vista. If it had enough effect to discourage privacy abuses and whatever
> other conspiracies lie in Minesweeper, etc .. it would be far in the
> future relative to what matters (if it really does).
> I am no Chicken Little, but I am also sick of people using that argument
> to ignore unethical cooperate behavior.
> I have agreed to many things latey that I worry about, mostly privacy
> agreements that reserve the right for ISPs to disclose every bit of
> personal information they have access to , and to anyone they chose (can
> sell it to).
> Don't worry about conspiracies. You can always hang the leaders. We should
> worry when SYSTEMS are alowed to become corrupted to the point that there
> are no leaders to hang. That is the problem in politics (always has been),
> business, religious institutions, newsgroups, families - need I go on?
> Let's see how open-minded and reasonable you are. Take back what you said
> if you realize how dangerous that attitude is...
> As for the Chicken Littles here -- something IS falling , but they have no
> idea what it is.
> -Phil Clemence
>
>>> 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?
>>>
>>
>>
>
And I hear Area 51 needs security guards.
NSA.. HAHAHAHA