__/ [ flyer ] on Monday 05 March 2007 07:16 \__
> On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 03:05:59 +0000, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Forced software upgrades can add up for Vista users
>>
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>>| Besides shelling out for faster hardware, users should expect to pay
>>| for Vista upgrades for many of their favorite Windows software.
>>|
>>| [...]
>>|
>>| Large corporations, which generally pay for high-priced maintenance
>>| contracts such as Microsoft's Software Assurance that guarantee them
>>| the latest upgrades, may yawn. Nor will essentially charging
>>| customers for Vista support generate equal amounts of resentment.
>>| For many antivirus and antispyware applications, consumers and
>>| small businesses are already conditioned to pay annual subscription
>>| fees to get the latest updates and malware definitions.
>>`----
>>
>>http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=desktop_applications&articleId=9012140&taxonomyId=86&intsrc=kc_top
>>http://tinyurl.com/3cgf8z
>>
>>No mention of the cost of DRM (buying stuff over and over and over again,
>>because information 'expires' and cannot be shared).
>
> Well hey, they need money to pay their little lying shills and PR boys
> to create, out of thin rarified air, a decent image for them. Amazing
> whos souls you can buy for a few dirty bucks.
You can say that louder. Since you're fairly new here, I'll add some
references which you may have not seen yet.
Microsoft Traps and Hunts for Bloggers in India !!
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| Microsoft has announced the "Microsoft BlogStars" contest, to Hunts
| for Developer Bloggers in India. After feeling the power and increase of
| the Bloggers community in India, Microsoft tries to trap and hunt Bloggers
| in India to buildup the blogging community, for writing blog posts
| supporting towards Microsoft Technologies.
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http://i5bala.blogspot.com/2006/10/microsoft-traps-and-hunts-for-bloggers.html
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| Long before it employed bloggers to do the job for it, Microsoft hired
| sympathetic members of the public to make its case in online forums,
| posing as disinterested citizens. Things got much more professional as
| the antitrust trial unfurled. After hiring DCI in the late 1990s,
| Microsoft created two new trade groups, the Association for Competitive
| Technology (ACT), and the Americans for Technology Leadership (ALT),
| and marshaled campaigns such as "Freedom to Innovate" - encouraging
| Windows users the chance to make spontaneous gestures of support for
| Chairman Bill.
|
| These weren't always too successful. A campaign in 2001 to petition 17
| state's Attorney Generals - who had pooled resources to bring their
| own antitrust action against Microsoft - resulted in supportive letters
| being written by dead people.
|
| And the astroturf taint continues today.
|
| Most recently, a spoof video portraying Al Gore as a Penguin was reported
| to have originated from a computer registered to the DCI Group, although
| the lobby group said it did not fund or approve the video.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/14/google_lobby/
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| "Some years back, Microsoft practiced a lot of dirty tricks using
| online mavens to go into forums and create Web sites extolling the virtues
| of Windows over OS/2. They were dubbed the Microsoft Munchkins, and it
| was obvious who they were and what they were up to. But their numbers
| and energy (and they way they joined forces with nonaligned dummies who
| liked to pile on) proved too much for IBM marketers, and Windows wont
| he operating-system war through fifth-column tactics"
|
| Mr Dvorak wonders if Microsoft is today using reverse-dirty-tricks
| to promote the Xbox 360: pay people to create Web sites that slam the
| gaming computer in order to provoke a barrage of defenders.
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http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/gizmos/2005/11/2_grassroots_an.html
MSN Is Spamming The Blogosphere
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| Mr. Youth LLC is a marketing firm and lists MSN as a customer. Their
| website is here: http://www.mryouth.com/ Their phone number is
| (212) 779-8700.
|
| I've talked to a couple of other bloggers who said they are receiving
| similar comments on their blogs. This pisses me off because MSN/Mr.
| Youth should 1) be more upfront about their true identity, and 2)
| provide a real e-mail address so that I can request they take my
| blog off their marketing campaign.
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http://www.scott-o-rama.com/2006/12/06/msn-is-spamming-the-blogosphere/
Among many more. But that's enough for now...
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~~ Best wishes
Roy S. Schestowitz | "Quote when replying in non-real-time dialogues"
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