Maybe they are a little overzealous, but you have to remember that Microsoft is a profit-driven organization just like any other company and it’s naive to trust them to look out for anyone’s interests except their own. This is just the way it is with any commercial enterprise and not just Microsoft.

I found an interesting link about “what’s wrong with Vista” here on a tech website blog. Like any other company in any other industry, Microsoft is always trying to stay competitive by improving their product and making things harder for their competitors. This is the essence of what I think the Free Software Foundation zealots would say is wrong with Microsoft Windows: It’s proprietary and therefore puts it’s own commercial interests above the interests of it’s users (which happens to be the majority of computer users worldwide).

Windows has a monopoly on Windows-compatible software because it doesn’t run on anything else (with some exceptions, Wine, Java, etc…). That’s all they have going for themselves anymore. Unlike the early ’90s when no one else had a GUI operating system and MS Windows offered something unique and valuable, there’s now plenty of Linux alternatives, but they won’t connect you with Windows applications.

If there was competition between MS and another operating system that could run windows applications, then MS wouldn’t be able to sell stuff like Vista.

Hi Tim,

Thanks for the response. And good point. And I have tried many of the Linux alternatives, but keep coming back to Windows, because of the need for Windows apps.

You want info on restrictions? LOL ok here you go.
My monitor won’t work on vista.
http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/news/2005/08/03/chances-are-windows-vista-wont-like-your-monitor
Also my high end audio won’t work properly on vista.
http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?newsid=7675
Basically if MS doesn’t aprove then you are up the creek. It is Bills way or no way.
I don’t think they are anti MS, I do think that most people will one day wake up and realize they are being screwed and maybe try to learn linux or mac.
One day, but with the new eye candy most will be fooled into buying yet one more time.

“If there was competition between MS and another operating system that could run windows applications, then MS wouldn’t be able to sell stuff like Vista.”

It’s name is ReactOS. It’s still not ready, but it already runs some Windows software. It is to be noted that this project is heavely linked to Wine.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactos

Hello Samir,
Thanks for your comments and link.