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Ashton Mills ist Journalist des australischen Personal Computer Magazins APC und bekennender Linuxianer:

“We all know that one day Linux will rule the world, and the icon of Tux will be emblazoned across monuments, flags, and cereal boxes — but we have a lot of work to do to make it happen, comrade.

Linux for me is a hobby, a passion, a philosophy and even a lifestyle. I’ve been using it for over ten years, and loved every minute of it.”

In einem ausführlichen Artikel nennt er 10 Reasons not to get Vista:

1. You don’t actually need it.

2. Cost $$.

3. On that note, it’s outrageously overpriced …..

4. Upgrading hardware.

5. Driver support.

6. Applications that don’t work…

7. It’s a big fat target.

8. UAC — Oh yes, the Microsoft solution for an operating system where mutli-user was an afterthought. Sure, you can disable it, but the OS then makes it clear then that the onus is on the user for any damaging programs that got to run with permissions, rather than with Windows in the first place. If you do have it on, it is going to annoy the hell out of you. It pops up far too frequently, and even on a fast PC, the UAC screen takes too long to come up and disappear.

9. DRM — And to a lesser degree TPM — were made for the RIAAs and MPAAs of this world, and the even tighter integration of copy protection mechanisms and ‘Windows Rights Management’ into vista are nothing more than a liability to you, the user. This ComputerWorld piece says is succinctly: ‘it’s hard to sing the praises of technology designed to make life harder for its users.’ As for TPM, this short animated video shows just how far the rabbit hole goes. And to think you pay for the privilege of having the use of media you purchased and own dictated by third parties, even on your own system.

10. The draconian license ?

More….

Der Beitrag wurde am Montag, den 27. August 2007 um 10:05 Uhr veröffentlicht und wurde unter Betriebssysteme, Open Source abgelegt. Sie können die Kommentare zu diesen Eintrag durch den RSS 2.0 Feed verfolgen. Sie können einen Kommentar schreiben oder einen Trackback auf Ihrer Seite einrichten.