More cluelessness from Microsoft

Vista will have a startup sound. You will not be able to turn it off. Microsoft has apparently given this deep thought and has paternalistically determined you will listen to their startup sound when you boot Vista - even if you don’t want it or are in an environment, like a seminar, where Vista announcing itself would be annoying to everyone else.

Nope, Microsoft says you will listen to it. They know best. Uh huh.