Father of Free Software: Win 7 hasn’t yet resolved the core issues of Vista
October 25 message, the father of free software, Richard Stallman (Richard Stallman) on the evening of 22th accepted an interview by Sina science and technology saod, Windows 7 is still did not solve the core intentional issue of Vista.
Stallman visited China in order to participate the 2009 philosophizing Free Software Summit held by Hong Kong, Zhuhai, Guilin and Beijing on 15th -26th this month.
Stallman said that Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system is malicious as Vista. Microsoft did not change it in any nasty parts. Microsoft Windows 7 may be revised a number of Vista’s mistakes, but they did not solve the core intentional problem of Vista.
Stallman took the example,someone has been found a “spy” feature in the Windows operating system, ,it can publish to the outside world on the user behavior reports. Windows have digital rights protection system (DRM), but this technology is to restrict users in their own computers to use their own documents. There is also “back door”, the company could modify their software mandatory, and even give directions to the user’s computer to stop working.
Stallman said that, Windows Vista is designed to be refused to provide support for some hardware, because the hardware does not meet Microsoft’s restrictions on the user’s requirements. He believes that Windows 7 in this regard has no improvement. For the user, if only saw Windows 7 fix Vista mistakes, but did not notice the problems inherent in Windows would be completely wrong. And there are many serious security problems Microsoft won’t resolve.
Last Stallman concluded that, Windows is a proprietary software, it is limiting the user’s freedom.It is Microsoft rather than the user in control of everything. Proprietary software developers who have great power to influence their users, which is wrong. Stallman welcome you to use free software, and suggest that you use its lead development :GNU operating system.
Stallman also admitted that at this stage the number of users of free software is less than users of proprietary software. He thinks that there are two reasons, first because many people do not know the concept of free software; second, because many people have a “herd” in a situation: the vast majority of schools and businesses use Microsoft’s Windows operating system, This force you can not go to do not use. People need to have great courage to abandon Windows in order to switch to free software. So Stallman is more optimistic about the future, adding that the future of free software development needs of each individual effort.