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On Sun, 08 Apr 2007 04:31:27 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> | Microsoft says that the Windows installation system can't intelligently
> | interrogate an existing non-MS MBR, although such features are quite
> | common in the install routine for other OSes.
Isn't it amazing? MS has a budget of billions, yet can't pull off
something which is routinely done by much smaller operations. Perhaps MS
should consider hiring some _competent_ developers.
> | It also argues that an "official" Vista MBR is required for security
> | features -- such as measured boot, which works with Trusted Platform
> | Module (TPM)-enabled chips to check that the OS hasn't been hacked or
> | altered each time it boots -- to work correctly.
Ah, and there's the rub. It has nothing to do with them being unable to
do it (as is suggested above). It's all about whether or not they can
completely control your computer.
Vista sounds more and more like a professional dominatrix: someone who
gets paid to lock you up and ensure you can't do things except the way
_they_ want them done.
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