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Vista Shell Team now Blogging
davevr writes "Have you ever wanted to ask the people behind the Vista UI exactly what they were thinking when they did things like Flip 3D or the windows that turn black when maximized? Want a last chance to complain directly to the source about your favorite Vista UI glitch before it is foisted on you and the rest of the world? Just wondering what sort of people work on Windows all day? Well, look no further. The Windows Shell team now has a blog site for your reading pleasure. Head over to Shell Revealed and check it out. "
"I'm a firm believer that most people act in the best intrests of others. I think this is something that geeks hold especially true"
Ahh, so that explains why so many geeks download copyrighted music, movies, and software they haven't paid for.
Yes, it's offtopic, but I thought your analysis was most interesting.
"Ask not what your country can do for you." --John F. Kennedy
A new blog on the Internets.
Slow news day?
Wait a minute... Who are you?!? only 50 comments (25 being in the last month and a half) and a 4-digit number?!? And you just come here and post a "let's not be carried away"..? Uh?!?
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I saw, and alot of people I know agree, a big reason to upgrade to xp and I liked the new interface. But I paid for my XP and I don't really see a reason to pay more for a reworking of the theme and some security enhancements that could have been added with an SP3. And if they don't add them in a SP3 then they are intentionally leaving us out to the wolves? Why is this an important question? It is important because XP is by no means obsolete and the vast majority of users have no reason to upgrade. XP is competent enough with today's available resources to last for a good 5 years more. Had Vista come out with some incredibly appealing new technology or technology that would damn those that didn't upgrade I could see people not asking that question.
Microsoft wants Vista so they have more control over your system. How many of you have made it important to let Microsoft know you don't want their DRM infections and you aren't interested in their facilties to keep you from using your computer the way you want? It is your computer. You can write letters, make phone calls, and generally cause a stir if you don't like a feature enough. You should speak up. Vista simply extends on what Microsoft has been doing for some time--making small incremental encroachments into your computer and just biting their tongue until the furor dies down. Then they add a bit more and bite their tongues again.
Vista is their chance to incorporate all that they have done--including the Genuine Advantage Notification program that we all complained about. They are adding features to make content use significantly more vendor protective. We want our content without DRM and without someone spying on us and without accusing us of being criminals because we want to do this stuff our way instead of theirs.
Microsoft has clearly stated that Windows has gone from content creation to content consumption and they are reacting to that. This version of Windows is meant for content consumption and protectionism of digital rights even if it is done in a way that destroys our choice--as most DRM schemes do.
Frankly, I want my computer and its contents protected from the content creators more than I want the mega corps content protected from me. I am not out stealing their content nor distributing it. I don't want protection schemes installed on my computer with or without my knowledge and I don't want it done any more than I would want them coming into my home and monitoring my content consumption. The computer is an extension of my home and not a platform for their content and advertising--that's what Microsoft doesn't understand.
Putting programs like the Genuine Advantage Notification program on people's computer is akin to calling us all thieves and it is a mechanism of monitoring that is prohibited in most forms--how would you like the government monitoring everyone's homes for potential criminal activity by putting cameras in every area of your home or by making you go through regular inspections? How would you like it if every software vendor out there created the same type of protection schemes--now you have 10 or 20 different programs all monitoring your computer use, checking you for theft of their content, etc? That would be like the federal government watching you, the state government with cameras in your home, the county government monitoring you on your property, and the city doing regular inspections of everyone's home at any time of the day or night? Included in this would be the DHS, NSA, CIA, FBI, IRS, and every other government agency being able to monitor you too. By allowing one company to do it--Microsoft--you are allowing everyone else to do it too.
Allowing Microsoft to put such a tool into your computer--as well as other DRM schemes--is doing essentially just that because when you allow Microsoft to justify that behavior/conduct you justify everyone that produces any sort of software to do that.
Why is that?
It is that way because Microsoft is no more entitled to
You can lead a man with reason but you can't make him think.