Microsoft’s version of the brave, new world was never more apparent than in the Windows Vista EULA:

You may not work around any technical limitations in the software.

In other words, you’re prohibited from downloading and installing any patch or driver to your shiny new Windows Vista OS, unless the patch or driver is provided by Microsoft. Where do you want to go today? Me, I want to run away screaming.

I think I’ll stick to Debian GNU/Linux, for now.