Just read a couple of interesting articles about Vista's EULA. First, have a read of this one...
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase..._licensing.asp
Then, when you're done wondering how much MS pay him to be their biiiaaatch, have a read of this one...
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...sing_reply.asp
I find the 2nd article offers a much more reasoned argument as to why the EULA is so sucky-sucky. The 1st guy just appears to me to be a MS lackey, whereas the 2nd author seems to have thought about how this will affect him and the millions of other users like him.
I can't believe MS honestly thinks that only 5% of users take the side off their case to add extra components, and that restricting the EULA to only one legit transfer is gonna be acceptable. What a load of pish!
This pretty much sums it all up for me (and others I've spoken to):
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The bottom line is that at the moment I am quite underwhelmed with what Vista has to offer the end consumer. I'm sure over time its feature set will mature and its advantages become more effectively utilized and streamlined, but to me right now it feels like a dumbed-down, prettier yet more annoying version of Windows XP. To be fair, when Windows XP came out in 2001, it too was accused of being a similar variation on Windows 98, but is now well-liked by most users. So only time will tell on that front.
The key point however is that Vista is not all we expected it to be. It is well overdue, is going to be more expensive than ever, has increased Digital Rights Management (DRM) and Anti-Piracy measures (read Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications), and as we now know it will have a very restrictive license.
My training as an Economist tells me that only a company with significant market share, when faced with little competition in said market, can get away with a scenario like this. The games I buy don't have all of these measures or restrictions. The third party applications I buy don't have all these measures or restrictions. Yet apparently I am forced to accept that the one key piece of software my system cannot do without comes with all these added goodies, and at a premium price to boot.
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