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Sunday, April 22, 2007

Vista Suicide Note paper reading now available

I've just published the conclusion of my latest podcast series, a reading of Peter Gutmann's amazing "Vista Suicide Note" paper, formally called "A Cost-Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection." It's a long paper -- it took more than two and a half hours to read aloud -- and it covers a lot of ground, and I found it fascinating to read for my podcast, paying attention to every word, finding out more and more about the dangers lurking in Microsoft's new DRM operating system. Chances are that the next PC you buy will be infected with Vista -- Gutmann's paper makes a good case for erasing that OS and installing something more sensible. Even XP is an improvement (of course, Ubuntu Linux is an even better option).

The reading is in four pieces, hosted on the Internet Archive under a Creative Commons CC-BY-SA license -- you can sell it, give it away, change it, make money on it, whatever. The Archive publishes the reading as MP3s and OGG files for your listening pleasure.

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

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