Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>>>> EU Says Governments Could Bar Microsoft From Bidding
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>>>>> | Governments contracting IT work could conclude that Microsoft's
>>>>> | antitrust history constitutes "grave professional misconduct" and ban
>>>>> | the company, according to the European Commission.
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>>>>> http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/147175
>>>> eu_says_governments_could_bar_microsoft_from_bidding.html
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>>>>
>>>> There is a legitimate legal reasons to ban Micoshaft.
>>>>
>>>> There are now more viruses, malware, sypware, botnetware
>>>> and trojans being released than all of the Micoshaft engineers
>>>> and Micoshaft together can repair PER DAY.
>>>>
>>>> Tax payers are being taken for a ride if their OS maker
>>>> has no fix or even a remote possibility of fixing the flaws.
>>>> There are 320 million botnet PCs.
>>>>
>>>> If staff within governments took to recommending WINDUMMY OSen
>>>> for projects, they could legitimately be sued for professional
>>>> misconduct by open source friendly companies
>>>> because officials have a duty in public life to obtain
>>>> the best products for IT and recommending something that is
>>>> broken and CANNOT be repaired such as the WINDUMMY OSen
>>>> is failure to perform duty.
>>>> If the environment for software has changed, then best
>>>> practices within government must also get revised accordingly.
>>>
>>> A colleague of mine had her bank account breached and money stolen
>>> yesterday. Probably her machine too was a zombie... not only would she need
>>> to deal with the nuisance or loss, but the costs of it are /shared/ among
>>> all bank customers.
>>
>> This is what many thieves kind of gloss over... they have the view that
>> "people are insured" so it's okay to steel their stuff. Of course, the
>> cost is merely then spread over everyone, so we all get to subsidise the
>> thieves.
>>
>>>
>>> People are too shy to ban what they come to equate with a 'computer'.
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>>
>> Banks would be well advised to start sending out LiveCDs or AsusEEEs or
>> similar for people to do online banking with. The internet, when
>> accessed from Windows, is just not sufficiently secure.
>
> A Canadian bank recently began giving Linux laptops to those opening an account
> there.
>
Some ISPs were starting to give them away, too. They're certainly an
excellent idea from a security viewpoint.
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