"BadVista.org": FSF launches campaign against Microsoft Vista [LWN.net]

"BadVista.org": FSF launches campaign against Microsoft Vista

Posted Dec 16, 2006 4:54 UTC (Sat) by kune (guest, #172)
Parent article: "BadVista.org": FSF launches campaign against Microsoft Vista

This is certainly not a good move. The press release states a lot about the bad features of Vista without actually referring to particular ones. What does free and open software gain by such a campaign?

There are other more fruitful causes to campaign about: free software drivers for graphics cards and other devices, open document formats, the fact that software patents violate decisions of the supreme court, etc.

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There's plenty to gain

Posted Dec 16, 2006 7:50 UTC (Sat) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330) [Link]

The transition to Vista will be very expensive for business, and it's going to be disruptive. If it can be slowed down, that gives more room and time for people to consider a mixture of sticking with XP and switching to alternative operating systems.