[Sheflug] BadVista.org

[Richard Ibbotson <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

Just in case some of us haven't seen it yet.....


 "The campaign will organise 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 
(http://www.gnewsense.org).

Peter Brown, executive director of the FSF said, âWhilst Microsoft 
embarks upon its largest ever product launch, its marketing dollars 
will be spent in an effort to fool the media and user community about 
the goals of Vista. Our campaign will ask the important questions. 
Can you set yourself or your company free? Can you ever be free from 
Microsoft?  As with our campaign against Digital Restrictions 
Management, we aim to demonstrate that technologists can be social 
activists, because we know the harm that Vista will causeâ.

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 authorise.
Supporters can sign up to receive more information and participate in 
the campaign at " ..........

http://badvista.fsf.org/
http://badvista.org

So, there you are :)


-- 
Richard

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