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Windows 7 and general bitching about OSes
AceHigh:
Care to elaborate?
Lupin:
--- Quote from: dankles on February 05, 2009, 09:10:00 PM ---Shun windows 7! More DRM spyware sh1t !!
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this comment came from a person that primarily uses linux.
dankles:
--- Quote from: Lupin on February 05, 2009, 10:35:17 PM ---
--- Quote from: dankles on February 05, 2009, 09:10:00 PM ---Shun windows 7! More DRM spyware sh1t !!
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this comment came from a person that primarily uses linux.
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Linux is a superior OS. I have freedom and am not bound by copyright restrictions and DRM
If you like the fact that Microsoft owns your PC system, then feel free to using it.
DRM gives power to Microsoft and big media.
* They decide which programs you can and can't use on your computer
* They decide which features of your computer or software you can use at any given moment
* They force you to install new programs even when you don't want to (and, of course, pay for the privilege)
* They restrict your access to certain programs and even to your own data files
DRM is enforced by technological barriers. You try to do something, and your computer tells you that you can't. To make this effective, your computer has to be constantly monitoring what you are doing. This constant monitoring uses computing power and memory, and is a large part of the reason why Microsoft is telling you that you have to buy new and more powerful hardware in order to run Vista. They want you to buy new hardware not because you need it, but because your computer needs it in order to be more effective at restricting what you do.
Microsoft says it best:
--- Quote ---The software is licensed, not sold. This agreement only gives you some rights to use the software. Microsoft reserves all other rights. Unless applicable law gives you more rights despite this limitation, you may use the software only as expressly permitted in this agreement. In doing so, you must comply with any technical limitations in the software that only allow you to use it in certain ways.
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To make it even more confusing, different versions of Vista have different licensing restrictions. You can read all of the licenses at http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/useterms/default.aspx
Technology security expert Bruce Schneier explains it most concisely:
--- Quote ---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.
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I know that all of this speaks against Vista, but it applies to Windows 7 as well.
fohfoh:
It's great that you like Linux... BUT TOO FUCKING BAD I CAN'T USE BUSINESS PROGRAMS IN WINE!
MICROSOFT MIGHT SUCK BUT I CAN'T FULLY GET RID OF IT!
iindigo:
Are you sure that the DRM components are on and running all the time? I mean that sounds kind of silly. If it's anything like the (very minimal) DRM in OS X from iTunes, it only applies when a DRM-affected music or video file is open, and even then it's not "active" protection - just stuff like export functions and such are unavailable on that file.
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