Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Vista - Digital Fortress

A succinct expression of why Microsoft has finally lost me
Vista is being marketed to content producers, not consumers. If Windows XP was Microsoft’s attempt to embed a browser into the operating system then Vista is the attempt to embed DRM.
Its really a shame. Now that I've logged a few hours with Ubuntu, I appreciate how slick Windows really is. Its fast, visually appealing and the foundation for a universe of cool software. And it manages to accomplish this without requiring the user to open a text box and type arcane commands. However, the advent of Vista means that learning shell scripts is simply the price of digital freedom.

4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

hey did you delete my comment? maybe it was that microsoft-hugging hacker from S. Africa...

12:04 PM  
Blogger sheikh X said...

nope. perhaps you didn't hit send or something.

1:44 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

well anyway, i can't get all into it now. i've lost the will. the bottom line is that i miss the old mac OS. my kids like the happy mac that displays as classic loads but mysteriously disappeared after microsoft bought all that apple stock. RIP.

2:24 PM  
Blogger Ilan Pillemer said...

Ahh. Shame... poor Adam.

6:10 AM  

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