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标题:[zeuux-universe] What's wrong with Microsoft Windows Vista?

2007年11月21日 星期三 00:34

Bill Xu bill at zeuux.org
Wed Nov 21 00:34:46 CST 2007

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> 
> 在07-11-20,Samuel Chi <princeofdatamining at gmail.com> 写道:
>         How about Mac?
>         考虑转换立场了.
>         
>         
>         On Nov 20, 2007 8:36 PM, YuCheng Ting <yuchting at gmail.com>
>         wrote:
>                 everyone:
>                 
>                 我这里翻译了一点东西,我觉得对用户有好处,对自由也有好
>                 处,是BadVista上面
>                 的,我看完了很震惊。
>                 
>                 我觉得如果只发动这个领域的专家,技术人员来捍卫自由,这
>                 是不够的,还要我们
>                 广大的用户,什么用户?就是正要放弃xp,转向下一代操作系
>                 统的用户, desktop
>                 的用户,而不是server的。
>                 
>                 我之后也会陆续翻译一些其他的文章,我觉得,现在操作系统
>                 正在还代的时候,能 
>                 不能抓住机会,就要看宣传了,我是一个学生,搞c、c++的,
>                 不会html,没有自己
>                 的网站,不能贴上去,如果大家谁有网权,放上去。我不要
>                 钱,自愿的,写译者名
>                 字就可,再说我这个水平也不怎么样,拜托了。有什么问题和
>                 指教,和我说,我洗
>                 耳恭听!!还有,发译文的时候尽量先贴英文。
>                 
>                 网址:
>                 http://badvista.fsf.org/what-s-wrong-with-microsoft-windows-vista
>                 
>                 原文:
>                 
>                 What's wrong with Microsoft Windows Vista?
>                 by John Sullivan — last modified 2007-04-16 18:53
>                 
>                 Microsoft's new Windows Vista operating system is a
>                 giant step backward 
>                 for your freedoms.Usually, new software enables you to
>                 do more with your
>                 computer. Vista, though, is designed to restrict what
>                 you can do.Vista
>                 enforces new forms of "Digital Rights Management
>                 (DRM)". DRM is more 
>                 accurately called Digital Restrictions Management,
>                 because it is a
>                 technology that Big Media and computer companies try
>                 to impose on us
>                 all, in order to have control over how our computers
>                 are used.
>                 
>                 Technology security expert Bruce Schneier explains it
>                 most concisely: 
>                 
>                    Windows Vista includes an array of "features" that
>                 you don't want.
>                 These features will make your computer less reliable
>                 and less secure.
>                 They'll make your computer less stable and run slower.
>                 They will cause 
>                 technical support problems. They may even require you
>                 to upgrade some of
>                 your peripheral hardware and existing software. And
>                 these features won't
>                 do anything useful. In fact, they're working against
>                 you. They're 
>                 digital rights management (DRM) features built into
>                 Vista at the behest
>                 of the entertainment industry—And you don't get to
>                 refuse them.
>                 
>                 DRM gives power to Microsoft and Big Media.
>                 
>                    * They decide which programs you can and can't use
>                 on your computer 
>                    * They decide which features of your computer or
>                 software you can
>                 use at any given moment
>                    * They force you to install new programs even when
>                 you don't want to
>                 (and, of course, pay for the privilege) 
>                    * They restrict your access to certain programs and
>                 even to your own
>                 data files
>                 
>                 DRM is enforced by technological barriers. You try to
>                 do something, and
>                 your computer tells you that you can't. To make this
>                 effective, your 
>                 computer has to be constantly monitoring what you are
>                 doing. This
>                 constant monitoring uses computing power and memory,
>                 and is a large part
>                 of the reason why Microsoft is telling you that you
>                 have to buy new and 
>                 more powerful hardware in order to run Vista. They
>                 want you to buy new
>                 hardware not because you need it, but because your
>                 computer needs it in
>                 order to be more effective at restricting what you do.
>                 
>                 Microsoft and other computer companies sometimes refer
>                 to these 
>                 restrictions as "Trusted Computing." Given that they
>                 are designed to
>                 make it so that your computer stops trusting you and
>                 starts trusting
>                 Microsoft, these restrictions are more appropriately
>                 called "Treacherous 
>                 Computing".
>                 Even when you legally buy Vista, you don't own it.
>                 
>                 Windows Vista, like previous versions of Windows, is
>                 proprietary
>                 software: leased to you under a license that severely
>                 restricts how you 
>                 can use it, and without source code, so nobody but
>                 Microsoft can change 
>                 it or even verify what it really does.
>                 
>                 Microsoft says it best:
>                 
>                    The software is licensed, not sold. This agreement
>                 only gives you
>                 some rights to use the software. Microsoft reserves
>                 all other rights. 
>                 Unless applicable law gives you more rights despite
>                 this limitation, you
>                 may use the software only as expressly permitted in
>                 this agreement. In
>                 doing so, you must comply with any technical
>                 limitations in the software 
>                 that only allow you to use it in certain ways.
>                 
>                 To make it even more confusing, different versions of
>                 Vista have
>                 different licensing restrictions. You can read all of
>                 the licenses at
>                 http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/useterms/default.aspx.
>                 
>                 It's painful to read the licenses, and this is often
>                 why people don't
>                 object to them. But if we don't start objecting, we
>                 will lose valuable 
>                 freedoms. Here are some of the ridiculous restrictions
>                 you will find in
>                 your reading:
>                 
>                    * If your copy of Vista came with the purchase of a
>                 new computer,
>                 that copy of Vista may only be legally used on that
>                 machine, forever. 
>                    * If you bought Vista in a retail store and
>                 installed it on a
>                 machine you already owned, you have to completely
>                 delete it on that
>                 machine before you can install it on another machine.
>                    * You give Microsoft the right, through programs
>                 like Windows 
>                 Defender, to delete programs from your system that it
>                 decides are spyware.
>                    * You consent to being spied upon by Microsoft,
>                 through the "Windows
>                 Genuine Advantage" system. This system tries to
>                 identify instances of 
>                 copying that Microsoft thinks are illegitimate.
>                 Unfortunately, a recent
>                 study indicated that this system has already screwed
>                 up in over 500,000
>                 cases.
>                 
>                 Free software like GNU/Linux does not require you to
>                 consent to these 
>                 absurd licensing terms. It is called free software
>                 because you are free
>                 to make as many copies as you want, and to share it
>                 with as many friends
>                 as you want. Nobody will be monitoring your actions or
>                 falsely calling 
>                 you a thief.
>                 What you can do to help protect your freedom
>                 
>                 There is a battle underway between those who value
>                 freedom, and
>                 corporations such as Microsoft who wish to profit by
>                 taking that freedom
>                 away. DRM and absurd licenses are at the heart of that
>                 battle. Please 
>                 join us on the side of freedom by saying NO not just
>                 to Windows Vista
>                 and other DRM-enabled products, but to proprietary
>                 software in general.
>                 Instead, use non-DRM, "free" software such as the
>                 GNU/Linux operating 
>                 system. You can get your work done while ensuring that
>                 your rights and
>                 freedoms will not be restricted now and into the
>                 future.
>                 As more and more of our lives become digital, it is
>                 vital that we
>                 protect our digital freedoms just like we have always
>                 worked to protect 
>                 our freedom of expression in print and speech.
>                 
>                 下面是译文:
>                 
>                 
>                 
>                 Vista怎么啦???
>                 John Sullivan (Yuch 译)
>                 
>                 Microsoft的新操作系统Vista是你在的自由使用计算上的绊脚
>                 石。通常新的系统能
>                 让你对你的计算机做更多的事情。但是,Vista,是设计出来
>                 限制你的自由的。
>                 
>                 Vista加强了"Digital Right Management"DRM的新形式。DRM
>                 就是所为的"数字霸权 
>                 管理",因为这个技术,大量的媒体软件公司都试图在欺骗
>                 你,为的是控制你,和
>                 你使用的计算机。
>                 
>                 Windows Vista 包括了一组你不想要"特性"。这些特性将会是
>                 你的计算机更加的不
>                 可信和不安全。它们使你的计算机更加不稳定,运行的更慢,
>                 同时导致了技术支持
>                 问题。它们甚至会需要你升级现有的硬件和软件。但是这
>                 些"特性"根本就是没有用
>                 的。事实上,它们阻碍你的使用:DRM就是这样的特性,在娱
>                 乐工业大亨的要求 
>                 下,被强加在你的机子上,同时你又不能拒绝使用它们。(就
>                 像IE的插件——译者)
>                 
>                 DRM加强了Microsoft和"大媒介"(Big Media)(的权利):
>                 
>                    #它们能决定你的计算机,能用哪些软件和不能用那些软
>                 件。
>                    #它们决定你计算机上的软件的配置,就在你安装它们的时
>                 候。
>                    #它们强迫你安装一些新的软件,甚至是你在不想安装的时
>                 候(当然,你得为
>                 此付费)。 
>                    #它们限制你访问某些软件,甚至连你自己的数据文件也不
>                 例外。 
>                 
>                 DRM 是技术围栏(barriers)所强加的。你试图做什么事,同
>                 时你的计算机却告诉
>                 你不行,你没有这个权利。为了使这个方法更有效,你的计算
>                 机不得不在监视下工
>                 作。这种监视工作占用计算电源和内存,同时是Microsoft告
>                 诉你为什么不得不购
>                 买更多更强的硬件来运行Vista的一个重要原因。他们想叫你
>                 买你新的硬件,而不
>                 是你需要它,而是因为你的计算机"需要",然后干一些更有效
>                 率的事情来限制你的 
>                 工作。
>                 
>                 Microsoft和其他的计算机公司有时会喜欢把这种情况叫做"可
>                 信计算"(Trusted
>                 Computing),来限制你,让你自己的计算机开始相信
>                 Microsoft,而不是你自己——
>                 真正拥有计算机的人,这些"可信计算"应该更合适的叫做 "可
>                 疑计算
>                 "(Treacherous Computing)。哪怕你合法的购买了Vista,
>                 你也将不会拥有它。 
>                 
>                 Windows Vista,就像它的前面版本,是一个私有的软件:在
>                 一个许可证授权下出 
>                 租给你用,同时限制你怎么使用它,没有源代码,除了
>                 Microsoft,没有人能改变
>                 它或者确信它到底在你机器上做了什么。
>                 
>                 Microsoft说它是最好的:
>                    软件只有许可,不能被卖掉。这就是只给你使用这个软件
>                 的权利,然后
>                 Microsoft保留其他所有的权利。除非适合的法律给予你更多
>                 的权利,你只能在清
>                 楚的同意这个条款,然后才能继续使用。最后,你只能顺从这
>                 些技术限制的来使用
>                 这个软件。 
>                 
>                 为了使它更含糊不清,不同版本的Vista有不同的限制。你能
>                 在http:
>                 //www.microsoft.com/about/legal/useterms/default.aspx
>                 上面获得最新的"限制"(licenses)。
>                 
>                 读这些许可文件必定是一件很痛苦的事情,这就是为什么常常
>                 人们不会反对他们。
>                 但是如果我们不开始反对,我们将会失去自由的价值。这里有
>                 一些荒谬的限制条
>                 款,你读的时候会看到他们:(具体以 
>                 Windows的安装界面的中译文为准——译者):
>                 
>                    #如果你的Vista拷贝是从一台新购买的计算机上获得,那
>                 么这份Vista就永远
>                 只能在你这台计算机上使用。
>                    #如果你从零售商店购买Vista,然后已经安装到你拥有的
>                 机器上,那么你必须
>                 在试图安装到另一台机器上时,完全删除以前的Vista。(注
>                 意,而不是你一个人
>                 使用——译者)
>                    #你给予了Microsoft权力,通过一些软件,想Windows
>                 Defender,来从你的系 
>                 统上删除被决定是间谍程序的软件。
>                    #你答应被Microsoft监视,通过"Windows Genuine
>                 Advantage"系统(中文名
>                 为"正版认证"——译者)。这个系统试图识别那些Microsoft认
>                 为是盗版的拷贝的实例。
>                 
>                 不幸运的是,最近的研究表明这个系统已经弄混了500000
>                 份"实例"了。
>                 
>                 自由软件,如GNU/Linux不需要你来同意这些搞笑的许可证条
>                 款。所以他被称作自 
>                 由软件,你可以自由的复制它,自由的使用它,和你的朋友共
>                 享它。没有人监视你
>                 的操作或是把你误认为是一个小偷。
>                 
>                 你要做的是,捍卫你自己的自由。
>                 
>                 在那些地下活动的社会中有一场无声的战争,是在那些自由的
>                 人,和那些想通过剥
>                 夺他人自由权利的公司团体(Microsoft等)之间的战争。DRM
>                 和荒谬的许可证是这
>                 场战争的焦点。请加入我们,加入自由这一边,对Windows
>                 Vista说不,对那些DRM
>                 产品说不(而不是私有软件),使用非DRM,"自由"的软件,
>                 如GNU/Linux操作系
>                 统。现在,或是未来,你能使得你的工作在你的权利和自由在
>                 不被限制的情况下完
>                 成,。
>                 
>                 越来越多的生活变成数字化的,捍卫你的数字自由成为至关重
>                 要的事情,就像我们
>                 一直在捍卫我们的自由,通过演讲和出版物的方式。
>                 
>                 --
>                 
>                 Yucheng Ting
>                 Just A Student Now 
>                 For the Game And Freedom 
>                 
>                 Email: yuchting at gmail.com
>                 Phone: Always Changed And Contact Me By Email
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