__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Tuesday 25 July 2006 22:59 \__
> begin oe_protect.scr
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> __/ [ Jim ] on Tuesday 25 July 2006 19:06 \__
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> __/ [ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Tuesday 25 July 2006 16:58 \__
>>>>
>>>>> Quote:
>>>>> ---------------
>>>>> Internet security: It recently came out that the firewall in Microsoft
>>>>> Vista will ship with half its protections turned off. Microsoft claims
>>>>> that large enterprise users demanded this default configuration, but
>>>>> that makes no sense. It's far more likely that Microsoft just doesn't
>>>>> want adware -- and DRM spyware -- blocked by default.
>>>>> -----------------
>>>>> End quote
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/05/who_owns_your_c.html
>>>>
>>>> This is item is from May, but regardless, have a look:
>>>>
>>>> http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/06/30/1329229
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | "For the last two weeks, Microsoft has been in talks to buy Claria, an
>>>> | adware marketer formerly called Gator, and best known for its pop-up
>>>> | ads and software that tracks people visiting Web sites..."
>>>> `----
>>>
>>> Glad I jumped that boat.
>>> So when people start complaining that their virgin XP/SP3/Vista installs
>>> are fucking around, my stock answer will be: "Not my problem. You decided
>>> you wanted M$cumware, you can live with it and suffer or for a tenner
>>> I'll give you a DVD with Linux on it and you can forget about M$cumware
>>> forever."
>>
>> Jim, we're on the same brainwave here. If only more people were 101%
>> Microsoft-free...
>
> I think I could settle for 99.9 :-)
8*5/1000=0.04 hours=1/25 hours per week=~two minutes per week
I guess this equates to some Web hosts' average downtime. I think we can
challenge that. I used Windows for 5 minutes in the past 3 months. Unless
projection facilities (i.e. press spacebar) counts as "use", which is
passive.
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