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I won't touch Vista because it has too much unnecessary DRM crap in it. Vista is basically the result of Microsoft currying favour with the big media companies. Don't expect to run anything in high-definition on Vista unless Microsoft approves it.
It looks as if Microsoft are trying to tighten their grip. But as Tarkin discovered, the more one tightens one's grip, the more will slip through the fingers. I would expect some companies to migrate to non-Windows platforms and many more to consider the move. One thing that companies can rely on with platforms like *BSD and Linux is that the operating system won't be pulled out from under them with another unnecessary "upgrade" or "end of life" five or ten years from now.
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