Meet BadVista.org
p2pnet.net News:- Microsoft Vista is, “an upsell masquerading as an upgrade,” says the Free Software Foundation (FSF).
So it’s launched BadVista.org with the twofold mission of, “exposing the harms inflicted on computer users by the new Microsoft Windows Vista and promoting free software alternatives that respect users’ security and privacy rights,” it says.
Vista is, “an overall regression when you look at the most important aspect of owning and using a computer: your control over what it does,” says the FSF.
“Obviously MS Windows is already proprietary and very restrictive, and well worth rejecting. But the new ‘features’ in Vista are a Trojan Horse to smuggle in even more restrictions.”
BadVista.org says it’ll be focusing attention on detailing how they work, how to resist them, and why people should care.
“The campaign will organize supporters into effective and unusual actions drawing attention to this daylight theft of computer users’ rights, aggregate news stories cutting through the Vista marketing propaganda, and provide a user-friendly gateway to the adoption of free software operating systems like gNewSense,” it states, adding:
“Among other harms, BadVista.org will focus on the danger posed by Treacherous Computing in Vista. Commonly called Trusted Computing in the industry, it is an attempt to turn computers from machines controlled by their user into machines that monitor their user and refuse to operate in ways that manufacturers don’t authorize.”
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December 20th, 2006 at 7:34 pm
While the idea is great, the campaign suffers from being tragically mismanaged, from the evident censoring of comments, to perpetuation of FUDdy statements and overly annoying advertisement of that gNewSense Linux (wondering why not choose Debian with its perfect track record of keeping the distinction between “free” and “nonfree”).
December 20th, 2006 at 8:07 pm
I personally don’t recommend anyone to listen to the privacy crap from the FSF.
They require you to Join and register to post comments and will remove any comments that go against their “Distroy all Windows” policy.
The fact that they support one specific version of linux also throws out their credibility. They should support all versions of linux.
I thought that the FSF was about free software and not dragging other companies through the mud.
Plus their beef with Vista’s Anti-Piracy abilities is stupid.
If persons from the FSF didn’t spend so much time on Bit-Torrent uploading cracks, Bill and the Boyz wouldn’t beef up the Anti-Privacy and DRM stuff.
December 20th, 2006 at 8:19 pm
n/t
December 20th, 2006 at 8:20 pm
n/t
December 20th, 2006 at 8:21 pm
n/t
December 21st, 2006 at 9:00 am
This stuff is damaging to the reputation of FSF. A rabid and FUD-spreading FSF is not FSF as we know it.
Stallman may be busy lecturing around the world but that’s not an excuse for deploying such a poorly designed campaign. Now someone must come in and fix it.
December 21st, 2006 at 6:48 pm
that corporations fear sites like these enough to pay shills to
post garbage like that.
If we weren’t effective, they wouldn’t bother.
December 21st, 2006 at 6:57 pm
“Plus their beef with Vista’s Anti-Piracy abilities is stupid.
If persons from the FSF didn’t spend so much time on Bit-Torrent uploading cracks, Bill and the Boyz wouldn’t beef up the Anti-Privacy and DRM stuff. ”
You can’t honestly believe that this is about piracy, can you ?
Even if you did, how does their anti-privacy stuff help in THAT
aspect.
But, I don’t think you really believe that.
I think you are aware of the real reasons for Palladium, ( as it was
called, until consumers found out about it ) , or any of the other
names this has gone by over the years, as M$ and Intel tried so
desperately to keep it out of the public eye.
Control is the reason.
Monetization of EVERYTHING on the net, and in software.
It opens the door for monthly fees for the ‘priveledge’ of using
M$ products, or products of those companies that buy permission
to program for windows.
It opens the door to monitor ( and therby monetize ) EVERY incoming and
outgoing stream from your private, personal PC.
Everything can then be analyzed and charged for accordingly.
Pay per play.
Pay per Document.
Pay per page view.
heh, Piracy is the reason ???
Yeah .. right.
Greed is the reason.
Move on corporate shill, no one here is that stupid.