Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 15th Feb 2007 17:44 UTC
"Windows Vista includes an array of 'features' that you don't want. These features will make your computer less reliable and less secure. They'll make your computer less stable and run slower. They will cause technical support problems. They may even require you to upgrade some of your peripheral hardware and existing software. And these features won't do anything useful. In fact, they're working against you. They're digital rights management features built into Vista at the behest of the entertainment industry. And you don't get to refuse them."
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The problem is that Microsoft is not really all that vulnerable to a boycott. Their most important customers are PC builders, and the most common way to get it is with a new PC. There are also a lot of other uses for a PC other than playing music and film.
Microsoft also have a lot of money and can stand a boycott for a while.
The ones that are really vulnerable are the content providers. They have no alternative market or alternative products. If you are willing to accept some collateral damage you could go after your local record store if they sell contents from record labels that also sells protected material.
Other suitable targets would be companies selling home electronics. After all most CDs, DVDs are not played in computers but in ordinary home appliances. If you can convince them (as in you sell a blue ray player here, we buy our TV elsewhere) not to sell DRM related technology it will be harder for content providers to find markets for their products.
Edited 2007-02-15 19:11