Evaluating Windows, Mac OS X and Linux Based on Trust
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| ...for those occasions when the users must certify their complete control
| over the OS, in critical server applications and security research, Linux
| looks like the best solution to Mr. Winston.
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http://www.macobserver.com/article/2007/10/16.16.shtml
All Your Product Are Belong to Us
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| It's as if an alien mindset has taken over the American corporate culture.
| They seem to think they own us. The latest example, and perhaps the worst, is
| Apple's deliberate use of an update to cripple iPhones that
| had "unauthorized" software. But Apple is hardly the first company to act as
| if it can do whatever it wishes with its products after we buy them.
|
| [...]
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| The company's reluctance to acknowledge that users should have final say over
| what changes are made to the operating system means that people end up using
| Windows 98 or Win2000, installing a cracked version of XP, installing Linux
| and a VMWare Windows machine, switching to Linux entirely, or getting a Mac.
| I fail to see how any of this benefits Microsoft."
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/gripeline/archives/2007/10/all_your_produc.html
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Default What To Do When Updates and Vista Don't Mix and Generate Errors
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| obsolete due to Windows Update. But at the same time, Windows Update is by
| no means a foolproof system. In fact, Microsoft indicated that under some
| circumstances, updates delivered via the service and Windows Vista will not
| mix, and generate a variety of issues.
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http://www.errorforum.com/microsoft-windows-vista-error/26503-what-do-when-updates-vista-dont-mix-generate-errors.html#32650
Windows Update update screws updating
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| Earlier this year, Microsoft pushed out what is being termed a 'stealth
| update' to Windows Update. Normally, users are asked via the Update system
| what new patches, security fixes and the like to install and are prompted to
| install and reboot. However, this fix - which was to the Update system
| itself - was a stealth push from Microsoft, and installed under the radar.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/10/01/windows-update-update-screws
Coincidence? WGA Failures Followed Windows Update 381
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| One plausible scenario: Windows PCs running Windows Update version
| 7.0.6000.374 (or earlier) failed to activate/validate against a WGA service
| updated for version 7.0.6000.381. Microsoft had attributed the WGA failure to
| early release of a system update, which could fit this scenario. I haven't
| set up a new Vista PC recently. But if I rightly remember, activation is a
| process that occurs before updating.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/vista/coincidence_wga_failures_followed_windows_update_381.html
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