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Tag Archives: drm

A cost analyis of Windows Vista content protection

Posted on 19/05/2007 by edafe

“Windows Vista includes an extensive reworking of core OS elements in order to provide content protection for so-called ‘premium content’.” Peter Gutmann looks at the many ways in which Vista will increase the cost of using computers.
www.cs.auckland.ac.nz

Posted in articles | Tagged cost, drm, hardware, microsoft, vista

Analysis of Microsoft’s suicide note

Posted on 02/02/2007 by edafe

“If Windows XP was Microsoft’s attempt to embed a browser into the operating system then Vista is the attempt to embed Digital Rights Management.” Oliver Day worries that Windows Vista is of real benefit only to content producers, not consumers.
badvista.fsf.org

Posted in computing | Tagged analysis, drm, microsoft, upgrade, vista, windows

 

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