Hackmosphere

For those who bought into Vista early, you might have wanted to hold your horses. I started looking around at what various legal opinions are about the EULA for Vista and what some of the realities are for those who are moving from XP (or another OS) to Vista. As to the early adopter problems, it sounds much like the issues I had when I bought Windows 2000. For six months I languished as driver problems persisted. Guess we will have to check back in six months… Sad that for all the beta work and coding that supposedly went into Vista that it was STILL released as an incomplete product. Guess it’s true – Micro$osft is the only company that can get away with charging people money for what amounts to an extended beta period.

First, the EULA:
Microsoft’s EULA database – choose your product.
Vista Home, Premium and Ultimate EULA (PDF – local copy)
Vista Business EULA (PDF – local copy)
The Vista License: Is Big Brother Watching?

Cost of owning Vista:
Peter Gutmann’s “A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection”

Independent reviews:
[H]Enthusiast
Karel Donk
Bruce Schneier (Forbes.com)
Thom Holwerda (OSnews.com)
Robert Vamosi (CNet.com)
5 Reasons to Love / Hate Vista (ZDNet – humorous)