BadVista was the name of the movement that was launched by Free Software Foundation (FSF) since the end of last year. The aim BadVista was to protect independence user in operation of computer , opposed the use of Microsoft Windows Vista as well as promoted free software as the solution to the alternative. This movement organised the supporters free software so that their protest actions against Microsoft - that it was considered stole the freedom in precisely at noon that - could take place effective. The news - the news just continued to be expedited and fired - in order to breaks marketing propaganda of Windows Vista. And that was last was to provide the access gate as widely as possible and information that was friendly for the new user who wanted to change to free software.
The movement BadVista regarded the new operation system Microsoft that is Windows Vista as the step retreated for independence user. Ought to if emerging new software, this equipment will make user could do matters that more with his computer compared to beforehand. Nevertheless and just the reverse, the Vista curbed the freedom. The vista applied new widgets just, Digital Rights Management (DRM), that ought to be more exact to be acknowledged as “Digital Restriction Management” (Restriction = the restriction), because of this technology caused user was not powerful on the control of his computer. The actual control was held by vendor and the big media.
The famous expert security, Bruce Schneir in fact explicitly said, “Windows Vista had fitur actual was not needed by you. Feature this made reliability and the security of the computer to decreased. They will make your computer unstable and proceeding slow. They will cause the technical problem. They in fact possibly will ask you to upgrade hardware and available software. And feature this in fact did not do the important matter. In fact, they precisely did not take sides with you. They who were meant here to be fitur Digital Right Managagement (DRM) that was buried in the Vista, that his control was on the hands of the big industry entertainment. And you could not of course refuse him.
BadVista was explained that DRM was the source of the problem for user but precisely was the Microsoft lethal weapon and the Big Media in controlling your computer for:
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Decided what program that could and could not be used
- Broke fitur the computer or software whatever that could be used. - In Fact could force user to install the new program despite user did not want him.(this was just the same against the right and our privation).
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Restricted access user to several programs and even restricted access user to his data personally.
With Vista, our computer that precisely supervised what was done by us. The supervision that continually that was undertaken by the certain computer ate resource and the memory, this the main reason why Microsoft asked us to buy new hardware that was more powerful to be able to undertake the Vista. They we wished bought/upgraded new hardware not because the user needed him, but because of the supervisory program that needed him.
Bought Vista original although, will not cause us to have the Vista entirely. Windows Vista, same as the Windows version beforehand was software proprietary. That meaning that we not had him but only hired him with use limitations that were arranged in the licence. And bad him all that without being accompanied by the source code. So only Microsoft that could change and knew definitely whether actual went in our computer. Microsoft said that the application of this licence to be what was best, but NOT for the Linux community and opensource that did not want to fool and be told lies. Let’s support the campaign BadVista, denied the Vista, used free software (free software).
Source : Linux Baliwae Online Magazine
