__/ [ Roy Culley ] on Tuesday 04 July 2006 23:20 \__
> begin risky.vbs
> <4h06qlF1luajlU3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> B Gruff <bbgruff@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>> My word.... the interesting bit is all those people who have nothing
>> but praise for my friends at Microsoft....
>
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5144698.stm
>>
>> Great publicity for my favourite S/W company.....
>
> I loved this bit:
>
> Michala Alexander, head of anti-piracy for Microsoft, in the UK,
> said the tool had been a huge success in countering piracy.
Says who again? Success for the customers?
> "Customers have been crying out for a tool which could tell them
> if they have been duped," she said.
This is ridiculous. "Crying out"?
> But she admitted that the company could have been a bit more "open
> and honest" about the pilot tool when it was launched.
There is a word going on about how Apple phones home as well, but no tools
are installed behind the users' backs... tools that now compromise one's
box, I might as well add.
Best wishes,
Roy
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