Ahhhh...more Windows bashing.  It happens every time Microsoft introduces a new O/S and it's always fun to watch the torch carrying naysayers run through the village looking for the monster they call Microsoft.

I'd like to know, kawecki, just how you propose to "get rid" of Vista.  Are you going to call the major computer manufacturers and tell them to not include Vista?  Are you going to call every major corporation on the planet and tell them to not migrate their hundreds of millions of users to Vista?  Are you going to e-mail everyone on the planet who is looking forward to Vista to not upgrade because you think it's a bad idea?  I have very bad news for you, kawecki, you're not going to be successful.

Have you noticed how there's never been a mass-migration to Linux?  And do you understand why?

It seems to me the only people who are concered, if you will, are those moaning and bitching about Windows validation.  Now if your Windows is valid, meaning legally purchased, what the hell is the problem?  "Oh, No!  Oh Shit!  My pirated copy of Windows or whatever else I've illegally downloaded is about to be discovered!  I'm going to have to spend my own money now!"

The other concern is DRM.  That one I can understand.  Hell, even Bill Gates thinks DRM is a bad idea...

From Tech Crunch: Bill Gates: "I don’t hide the fact that I think DRM isn’t workable, and actively support DRM-free music alternatives such as eMusic and Amie Street. The rise of illegal or quasi-legal options like AllofMP3 and BitTorrent ensure that users have plenty of options when it comes to DRM-free digital music."

Gates didn’t get into what could replace DRM, but he did give some reasonably candid insights suggesting that he thinks DRM is as lame as the rest of us.

Gates said that no one is satisfied with the current state of DRM, which “causes too much pain for legitmate buyers” while trying to distinguish between legal and illegal uses. He says no one has done it right, yet. There are “huge problems” with DRM, he says, and “we need more flexible models, such as the ability to “buy an artist out for life” (not sure what he means). He also criticized DRM schemes that try to install intelligence in each copy so that it is device specific.

His short term advice: “People should just buy a cd and rip it. You are legal then.”

He ended by saying “DRM is not where it should be, but you won’t get me to say that there should be usage models and different payment models for usage. At the end of the day, incentive systems do make a difference, but we don’t have it right with incentives or interoperability.”

But is the world suddenly going to come to a screeching halt?  Will people refuse to oder that brand new Dell with Vista because of DRM?

No.  They'll order millions of them.

I really think people are in panic mode when they shouldn't be.  Why not wait and see what's really going to happen, instead of relying on some MS basher's blog for (mis)information?  I can quote as many sources who offer valid reasons to migrate to Vista as that idiot who has listed as many sources as he has for his Vista/Microsoft bashing.

And if you're still panicing over viruses, buy a Mac.  They're relatively idiot proof.  If for some reason you can't manage to navigate the Internet or use e-mail without ending up with a virus, then by all means, buy a Mac.