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21-03-2007, 23:34

(Column) - Is it me or am I the only one confused as to why the development of something as obvious as Windows Vista Live CD was never brought up to the drawing board?

Before you scoff at the idea of not working based on the need for DRM control, I believe the inclusion of a ROM LiveCD and the readability of a USB thumb drive could very well have made this a possibility. Allow me to explain.

Vista and IP Protection. As per their licensing scheme, Microsoft is trying desperately to make sure that piracy remains a little more under control with Vista.

To take this point even further, how could we set this up to where Microsoft can continue with their copy protection model, but make their OS a little less useless in the portability department? Knowing literally nothing about how the Vista copy protection works personally, I can't help but wonder if the inclusion of a thumb drive for saving the needed copy protection data would possibly make the idea of a Live Vista CD possible?

Vista is More Than Just Pretty Graphics. One of the things I keep hearing over and again is that Vista has enough great features that even the basic edition would fit the bill for most people. My thoughts? Awesome, just one more reason why a LiveCD makes sense!

Without the heavy, hardware dependent graphical needs of a high-end graphics card and need to be installed, Microsoft would have a tool that their MVPs could demo on a whim.

30 Day CDs. Considering this cool Easter Egg with Vista activation, I see no reason why we should not be able to make better use of this type of activation offering? The trial period already exists. So why not create a way for Vista users to run a Live version of the Basic OS for the said 30-120 days?

Thanks to the thumb drive, storing the activation data for that particular machine, the user could make copies of that same CD, then redistribute it to others. Microsoft can continue to run users through their paces by making sure that the user's PC is in fact, a new machine.

There is Simply No Market for This. Assuming the technical challenge is not too great for the almighty "M," I would wager that the next reason why this would never happen is that Microsoft feels that there is no market for a Live CD.

If this is the case, allow me to point out a few things to the brilliant folks that put together their last marketing campaign. Come on, what the heck does some oddball sitting there on a log have to do with selling your next operating system release? It's about getting your product in front of the user. Offering LiveCDs would do this.

Ready to Actually Meet the Need? So, what's it going to be Microsoft? Are you ready to cowboy up, realize that Vista is selling very little and that if it was not for your hardcore user base, OEM sales and wish list sent off to Santa Claus, your current status of a lukewarm reception would have been replaced by ice water during the Vista launch.

Once again, assuming the technical challenges for your copy protection can be met, what is stopping you from taking this obvious next step in the evolution of customer development?

Personally, I really don’t want to install the OS at all. I would much rather be able to pay for a license, then authorize different PCs that I use, like I might with iTunes. Imagine, being able to take my Vista install with me and even install software to large capacity thumb drives!

Then again, offering an online OS as a thumb drive is a difficult act to follow, I suppose

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