The Cost of Windows Vista

For the holidays I decided to leave my personal computer, Hopper, in residence, and just use the machine that is at my parents' house. One result of this is my not reading RSS feeds (basically my sole source of news) over the holidays. I know I will hear lectures of how I should use web-based RSS syndicators, but I like Liferea too much to just say goodbye to it.

As a result of not having read any of my favourite electronic haunts over the past week, I am a couple days behind on reading a particularly interesting news article. If you haven't already, I suggest reading A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection. It's quite long, but I made it through the whole thing, and it's quite an interesting read, with many good points sprinkled throughout. Even the footnotes are good reading. Even though most people who read this blog have probably already found the article through Slashdot, I figured if more people blogged it, then more people will know about it. More specifically, I haven't found a response from a Microsoftie yet. There are the standard responses on Slashdot (Linux fanboyism), but hopefully other places like Channel 9 or other Microsoft community sites, and hopefully Microsoft bloggers will start to comment on it. I'll be keeping my eyes on the Google search for "vista_cost".