Hollywood Controlling Parts of Windows Vista Design
by Edward W. Felten, Freedom to Tinker,
August 9, 2005.

Felten examines a Microsoft white paper on the design of Vista (formerly Longhorn), the next Windows operating system. He says that, “The document reveals that movie studios will have explicit veto power over what is included in some parts of Vista.” He notes that changes to the operating system will affect the hardware requirements for running it; “…nearly all of us will have to discard our PCÕs monitors and buy new ones to take advantage of new features that Microsoft could provide Ñ more easily and at lower cost Ñ on our existing monitors, if Hollywood would only allow it.

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