> I'm sure they'd love to kill the 32 bit archetecture!
>
> Vista with DRM baby, it's da future!
I run both 32 and 64 bit Vista and I've still not noticed any extra DRM that all the Microsoft haters seem to suggest is there. Maybe my use isn't typical, but maybe it is.
> and Palladium, you buy the hardware we permit you use, on the software we permit you
> to buy, so buh bye to free software!
Microsoft have always supported developers, they have some free software development tools available right now. All I've heard about Palladium was that you could write software that could interface to other bits of trusted software ( and only software that was trusted ). Which you could moan would prevent you from writing a free alternative. Any other software you write would run, but you would have to get your software signed if you wanted it to interact with something that only wants to talk to you if you are trusted.
> MS wants to you!
They want everyone writing software for Windows. They could try pushing people down the same route as the xbox 360, where you can write and run your own software written in .net if you pay a subscription. I don't think it's likely for the desktop, but you never know.
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