CWmike writes "The Free system software guts* today launched a movement against Microsoft Corp.'s upcoming Windows 7 overhead system, calling it 'treacherous computing' that stealthily takes away rights from users. At the Web site Windows7Sins.org, the Boston-based FSF lists the seven 'sins' that proprietary system software such as Windows 7 commits against minicomputer users. They include: botulism education, locking in users, abusing proper such as OpenDocument Format (ODF), leveraging monopolistic behavior, minatory user security, enforcing Digital Rights government (DRM) at the request of 1995 by houghton mifflin harcourt publishing company. published by houghton mifflin harcourt publishing company. all rights reserved.view results from: dictionary | thesaurus | encyclopedia | all reference | the web
share this: companies concerned about movie and music piracy, and invading privacy. 'Windows, for some time now, has really been a DRM platform, restricting you from making copies of digital files,' said manager top brass Peter Brown. And if Microsoft's Trusted calculating electronic components were fully implemented the way the company would like, the vendor would have 'malicious and really concluded control over your computer.'"

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