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First post, by Wintermute

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Maybe this is not new to everyone, but I think this might interest people here anyway.
Probably this will be the reason to finally switch to Linux:
http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.txt

Reply 1 of 4, by collector

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Except that this effects all users, not just Vista:

"As a user, there is simply no escape. Whether you use Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 95, Linux, FreeBSD, OS X, Solaris (on x86), or almost any other OS, Windows content protection will make your hardware more expensive, less reliable, more difficult to program for, more difficult to support, more vulnerable to hostile code, and with more compatibility problems. Because Windows dominates the market and device vendors are unlikely to design and manufacture two different versions of their products, non-Windows users will be paying for Windows Vista content-protection measures in products even if they never run Windows on them."

Reply 2 of 4, by Wintermute

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True, but at least you can escape some of these "functions" - like the forced disabling of ports or the degraded presentation of video and audio material.

Reply 4 of 4, by Wintermute

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But "my version" is the updated one from January the 4th and has some new paragraphs and notes. 😉

Admitted: I missed your post.