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Vista security spec 'longest suicide note in history'
By Andrew Thomas: Sunday 24 December 2006, 16:43

VISTA'S CONTENT PROTECTION specification could very well constitute the
longest suicide note in history, claims a new and detailed report from
the University of Auckland in New Zealand.

"Peter Gutmann's report describes the pernicious DRM built into Vista
and required by MS for approval of hardware and drivers," said INQ
reader Brad Steffler, MD, who brought the report to our attention. "As a
physician who uses PCs for image review before I perform surgery, this
situation is intolerable. It is also intolerable for me as a medical
school professor as I will have to switch to a MAC or a Linux PC. These
draconian dicta just might kill the PC as we know it."

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36570