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Vista start-up music compulsory

What the fripp's going on here then?
By Nick Farrell
Fri Sep 01 2006, 10:42
THE ALMIGHTY VOLE has decided that guitarist Robert Fripp's work on the opening tune for Vista is so good, it will be compulsory and won't be able to be switched off.

Steve Ball, group program manager for the Windows Audio Video Excellence team told punters that Windows Vista should present a "common, and beautiful, face to the world." In other words, Microsoft has spent shedloads on its corporate image and you are darn well going to appreciate it.

Ball said that there will be a pre-wired sound that plays when the system is ready for you to logon which will be non-customisable, just like the X-Box. He said that there was no big deal about it. Sony and Toshiba both have compulsory sounds.

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