This morning was the good word from Robert Scoble, who was talking with [tag]Steve Ball[/tag], ([tag]Crafty Guitarist[/tag] and [tag]Microsoft[/tag]’s Manager for their Audio/Video Excellence team).

It seems there’s been a small amount of controversy about the [tag]Windows Vista[/tag] [tag]startup sound[/tag], which all indications currently read, will be compiled from soundscape sessions by [tag]Robert Fripp[/tag]. The controversy revolves around the ability to mute, turn off this sound, or even change it. It has been reported in several locations that these abilities will not be available to the end user of Vista. However, in Robert Scoble’s phone conversation with Steve, Steve indicated that they still had not made a final decision.

As a Windows user I can see many possible reasons why they’d like to do this, however, the inability to mute or change the startup sound could be initially annoying and secondarily create difficulties as an end user. What if I have to reboot my laptop silently?

Does this mean that you will be forced to listen to Robert Fripp each time you boot your Windows Vista installed machine? It sounds like it might be the case, granted turning off the speakers may work in most situations where the speakers are not integrated to the computer.

Forced to listen to Robert Fripp? Is that really so bad? Maybe not, but at least it’s not Britney Spears.

As was stated in the posting by the [tag]Scobleizer[/tag], Steve Ball and his team are actively interested in what the public has to say about this. Feel free to add your comments and thoughts in this posting.

For now, make sure you read the full posting over at Robert Scoble’s blog linked below:

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