__/ [ Jim ] on Tuesday 25 July 2006 19:06 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> __/ [ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Tuesday 25 July 2006 16:58 \__
>>
>>> Quote:
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>>> 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...
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