__/ [ Linuxiac <"at yahoo.com "> ] on Wednesday 10 January 2007 03:08 \__
> Subject: NYT article
> Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 15:18:11 -0600
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> "Using a non-Windows-based PC may be one defense against these
> programs,
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> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/07/technology/07tips.html
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> Get http://pclinuxos.com
It's that same one from January 7th. Also notice this little nugget of
information:
"Like Windows, Microsoft?s Internet Explorer browser is also a large,
convenient target for code-writing vandals. Alternative browsers, like
Firefox and Opera, may insulate users."
The NYT has received some phonecalls/letters from Microsoft recently, for
stuff like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDNuq94Zg_8
The Redmond Copying Machine?
,----[ Quote ]
| My recent video, which tweaked Microsoft for crowing about its
| "innovation" in Windows Vista (without acknowledging its huge debt
| to Mac OS X), triggered plenty of reaction. It probably comes as no
| surprise that your comments quickly devolved into "which is better"
| bickering, which will proably never end.
|
| [...]
|
| Then this e-mail message, which arrived today from a guy who says
| he worked as a Microsoft temp employee from 2003 to 2004. I've
| agreed not to publish his name.
|
| [...]
|
| "Around the corner was another grid, showing the RealPlayer
| application. This grid was the same: grid A1 was the front userv
| iew of the application, mirroring what was on the iTunes wall/grid.
|
| "Around the next corner was another grid, this one showing Windows
| Media Player version 9 !! This one was missing a few tiles in the
| grid, but you could actually see the progress as each feature [of
| iTunes and RealPlayer] was copied, square for square.
|
| "Amazing. New software is put out, a manager sees it and decides that the
| creative part of their day is making color screen captures of the
| software and presenting it to the copying--er, engineering team."
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http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/12/18/the-redmond-copying-machine/
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