Open-Source Group Razzes Microsoft With 'BadVista.org'
section: windows, for your questions: KezNews forum, 19.12.2006
An open-source group mocked Microsoft on a newly launched Web site dubbed BadVista.org and claimed the Windows operating system is a "power grab" to steal control over users' computers.
The Free Software Foundation's campaign will both promote free software alternatives to Vista and publicize what it sees as the danger of Microsoft's new operating system, the group said.
"Vista is an upsell masquerading as an upgrade," said John Sullivan, the group's program administrator, on the site. "It is a ruse to compel the further transfer of control over peoples' computers to an external and mysterious certification authority with peculiar standards of 'genuine.' It's a ploy to artificially motivate the purchase of expensive, unnecessary hardware."
In other entries on the BadVista.org site, Sullivan labeled Microsoft's Trusted Computing initiative as "Treacherous Computing," called the company's marketing campaign a "power grab," and promised to promote free operating system alternatives, especially Linux.
Some of Sullivan's Vista criticisms have been voiced before. Users have been up in arms for weeks over new anti-piracy technologies in Vista that will disable counterfeit copies, while research analysts have more recently said most existing hardware will need to be upgraded to take advantage of all of Vista's features.
Microsoft didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Comments(2)
look: when i was growing up it was like "ass gas or grass, nobody rides for free'. these people want
everything free. nothing is free. what a bunch of pussys.
i guess vista does consume more hardware power in it's default configuration than xp or older os's. it also
probably has higher system requirements than any linux distro out there though if your an experienced windows
user, there are ways to lower or disable some of the bells and whistles lowering the spec requirements.
here are some tips on getting back that performance. i am writing this letter using vista business and i
can tell you i have great conflict-free performance. using performance monitor to evaluate this i have vista
running with roughly the same amount of cpu and memory consumption as my previous xp pro build, even using the
aero desktop. try some of these tweaks:
aero glass - can be disabled; choose classic view or vista
basic (like xp)
uac - for an experienced user totally useless and annoying disbling this feature will
return your computer to xp-like security. if your not "virus-prone" this should suffice.
system restore
- disable snapshots in favor of manual one-time complete pc images using the new backup tool.
startup and
services - disable useless processes from windows startup.
do routine defrag,cleanup and maintenance
regularly - get the most from your hardware.
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These people need to grow up already
By Starwhite on 23.12.2006 - 08:12