BadVista

BadVista

BadVista is a campaign by the Free Software Foundation to oppose adoption of Microsoft Windows Vista and promote free software alternatives. A follow-up to the Defective By Design campaign against digital rights management technologies, it aims to encourage the media to make free software part of their agenda.

History

The campaign was initiated on December 15, 2006 with aims to expose what it views as the harms inflicted on computer users by Microsoft Windows Vista and its digital rights management schemes, as well as providing a user-friendly gateway to free software alternatives. [cite web
title=BadVista.org: FSF launches campaign against Microsoft Vista
url=http://badvista.fsf.org/blog/launch-press-release
author=John Sullivan
accessdate=2007-08-11
] It rapidly received attention from multiple technology-oriented websites. [cite news
title=FSF Launches "BadVista" Campaign
url=http://slashdot.org/articles/06/12/16/2252240.shtml
publisher=slashdot.org
accessdate=2007-08-11
] [cite news
title=Free Software Foundation Launches BadVista
url=http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2074193,00.asp
publisher=eweek.com
accessdate=2007-08-11
] [cite news
title=Open-Source Group Razzes Microsoft With 'BadVista.org'
url=http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196700627
publisher=informationweek.com
accessdate=2007-08-11
] cite news
title=Looking into the FSF's BadVista campaign
url=http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000148
publisher=linuxjournal.com
accessdate=2007-08-11
]

BadVista activists teamed up with Defective by Design members on a Vista launch party on January 30, 2007 at the Times Square. Protesters in hazmat suits held their signs explaining the restrictions Vista may impose on computer users.cite web | url = http://badvista.fsf.org/blog/a-badvista-at-microsofts-new-york-launch-parties | title = A BadVista at Microsoft's New York launch parties | author = John Sullivan | date = January 30, 2007 | publisher = BadVista.org | accessdate=2008-01-12]

References

See also

* Defective by Design - an associated anti-digital rights management campaign that also targets Windows Vista

External links

* [http://badvista.fsf.org/ BadVista.org] - Official website


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