On 7/2/07, The Johnny Person <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:38:21 -0500, member greenarrow1 > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The other area is to find this information one must violate Microsoft > > EULA's, licenses so this places the finder in a precarious position > > Explain this a little further? "What information finding" violates the > EULA? > The method used or the very act/intent itself? > > _______________________________________________ > Advocate mailing list > [email protected] > http://badvista.fsf.org/mailman/listinfo/advocate > Maybe a little of both. If I told MS that portions of their software violate privacy laws they will come back and ask me how I derived this info. If I told them I did some modifications of their programs to see exactly what is being requested and then sent I would violate their EULA and license which does not allow the user to do this. It is not like Linux where I can dive into the software itself as it is all protected, ie proprietary. If I disable DRM then at the next Window Update this would be reflected because in their scan it would detect the disabled program. Under the EULA and license I have no right to disable DRM.
When one buys Vista one is restricted to what they can modify (not talking functions) in the Vista programs. You can block transmissions but there are a lot of areas you cannot disable. If i disassemble to see what is going on that violates the EULA and License. I have done a lot of research in both the US anti-trust and the EU case. I find a lot of troublesome areas in the US case compared to the EU one and I know laws are different in countries but some areas are really in the gray zone. Not being a anti-trust lawyer it takes a lot of research to find out why and I have still not come to any final conclusions. Some areas where both laws are almost the same it appears the DOJ was very lenient with MS compared to the EU. My main concern with Vista is the privacy areas but it seems the buyers do not care and when that happens there is not much one can do to rectify it. My grand dad use to tell me, "Once a idiot always a idiot." I sure hope companies take a real close look before deciding on Vista for the enterprise. George greenarrow1 InNetInvestigations-Forensic SuSe 10.2/TriStar/Apache GoBoLinux _______________________________________________ Advocate mailing list [email protected] http://badvista.fsf.org/mailman/listinfo/advocate
