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From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 

"Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote in
message news:45951263{at}w3.nls.net...
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/28/vista_drm_analysis/
>
> "But we'd be more confident if consumer groups and governments kept the
> manufacturers to a minimum standard of disclosure. For the market to
> arrive at an informed buying decision, it needs all the information.
>
> So should Vista DRM require such technical counter-measures to play
> next-generation DVDs, then so be it: but these must be marketed as such.
>
> And despite protests, Microsoft has proved itself perfectly able to
> produce a "reduced functionality" - in its own words - version of
> Windows on demand. It once cheerfully produced a version that didn't
> boot at all, for a US district judge.
>
> Naturally, this reduced functionality version should be marketed
> separately. We suggest clear labelling - such as putting the shrink-wrap
> version in a BioHazard bag.
>
> And the name? "Windows Vista SE".
>
> For "Suicide Edition", of course."

I would have guessed "Shit Edition", but then that wouldn't have identified
*which* version of Vista it was... 


Antti Kurenniemi

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