>Just wondering what you all thought. I've been reading some unsettling stories about a Vista-related issue that really is only starting to emerge because it's primarily a business policy issue rather than a beta-test issue. It has to do with built-in DRM policies in Vista and how the system cripples itself and also (unless recognized as "secure") disables high-end peripherals bought for media-rich systems such as HD monitors and digital sound systems. This is apparently intentional and done to protect so called "premium" content.
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>I'm almost 50, and I remember well the Microsoft of the 1980s. They seem to have become exactly the type of company that they themselves once held in great contempt.
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>The following “white paper” written by an Austalian medical physicist/ engineer, who apparently specializes in medical imaging, has attracted a lot of attention on many web sites. Read this, and please comment on your perspective of Microsoft's future:
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>http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html

An interesting read. And here is another link

http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/175801

I hope most people stay away from Vista, it may just remind MS to put their customers first next time, and cut the Big Brother B.S.