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Vista security spec longest suicide note in history
Monday, December 25th, 2006
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."
But this isn’t just a typical anti-Microsoft rant. Gutmann’s report runs to 6,000 words and contains hardly any FSF-style juvenile invective. Vista security spec ‘longest suicide note in history’
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