Windows 7 Sins: The case against Microsoft and proprietary software

 

A cartoon by Phil Garcia and Don Berry. GNU Art Gallery

 

The new version of Microsoft’s Windows operating system, Windows 7, has the same problem that Vista, XP, and all previous versions have had — it’s proprietary software. Users are not permitted to share or modify the Windows software, or examine how it works inside.

The fact that Windows 7 is proprietary means that Microsoft asserts legal control over its users through a combination of copyrights, contracts, and patents. Microsoft uses this power to abuse computer users. At windows7sins.org, the Free Software Foundation lists seven examples of abuse committed by Microsoft.

“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”

Increasingly, computers are expected to be useful tools in our children’s education. But today, most children whose education involves computers are being taught to use one company’s product: Microsoft’s — Microsoft spends large sums of money on lobbyists and marketing to procure the support of educational departments.

Read more: http://en.windows7sins.org

 

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