I bet they'd go "Stupid Windows! Why can't I watch my Blue-ray?" This would leave, say, Apple a nice window in which to say, "hey, we'll capitulate to the MPAA's demands", and now MS is hurting even more. They'd have to have something somewhere saying "Vista doesn't support watching HD-DVD or Blue-Ray disks because the MPAA won't let us." But who do you think consumers would blame? Is the average person rational enough to go out, study the issue, and see that MS was the one being reasonable? Doubt it. Then, think about what if they didn't support it.
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I at least hear a lot of "I'm sick of the movie theatres it's so much better to watch movies on a home theatre", and I doubt the people saying that are watching them on their computers. Do you believe that computes to leverage FOR or AGAINST Microsoft when negotiation with the MPAAs? Truly, the MPAAs would be at the mercy of MS.īut the question is, how much of the MPAA's market are PCs responsible for? I don't know, but I get the sense that it's not a terribly large percentage. Secondly, and the real point, MS rule basically every desktop in the world already. Do you know what company I didn't see stamped on the first page of the AACS specifications? If I didn't despise the MPAAs of the world, I'd raise a warning about MS long documented betrayalish ways, but I do.īTW. Maybe MS really want the RIAAs and MPAAs on their side in the fight against the iPod? Maybe if MS give the RIAAs and the MPAAs what they want. The history of Microsoft is the history of vendor lock-in and market control through technology. I'm more a follower of the "Microsoft is doing this for their own, lock-in based, reasons". "Here's the DRM we're willing of giving you in Vista, be glad you're getting as much!". Do you believe that computes to leverage FOR or AGAINST Microsoft when negotiation with the MPAAs? Truly, the MPAAs would be at the mercy of MS. Maybe the other members could block them from implementing it, but I consider that unlikely (and why would they want too?). I know this because it says so in the specifications. First of all, MS are a part of, and presumably very active, member of the AACS licensing agency. I don't think MS need the RI/MPAA members of the world as much as they need MS. I'm not a strong believer in the "Microsoft has no real choice" hypothesis. Yet mouse settings, which look to have been rolled into "Personalization," still have their own separate entry.
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Vista? It's buried in "Personalization." Because when I want to change my monitor resolution, that's exactly what pops into my head as an experienced Windows user: Personalization. In Windows XP, you set your display options using the "Display" control panel. Yet "Add Hardware" is the same on both versions. When you think about it, that rather covers the entire OS and everything you'd do on a computer. The Vista version? "Programs and Features." Huh? What does that do? Well, you don't know from the name, other than it has something to do with well, programs and features. You know what that control panel's functionality is, no guessing. For example, in Windows XP you have a control panel called "Add or Remove Programs." While not elegant, it is clear. I've also been struck by how, even with all the notifications I get in Vista, how annoying it is to find basic information.