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[News] Lessons in Independence: Korea Screwed by Microsoft ActiveX -- Column

  • Subject: [News] Lessons in Independence: Korea Screwed by Microsoft ActiveX -- Column
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:01:52 +0000
  • Followup-to: comp.os.linux.advocacy
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Korea's Internet Is Mired in a Microsoft Monoculture

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| The average computer user may not care whether 
| it is ActiveX or something else that allows 
| convenient and secure access. But that is 
| misguided. In the event of worldwide Internet 
| chaos, as was the case in January 2003 or 
| during the DDoS attacks in July, Korea gets hit 
| the hardest. Its online environment has become 
| one where users habitually hit "yes" for every 
| dialog box that pops up and install programs 
| without a second thought.
| 
| Koreans are the easiest prey in the world for 
| hackers intent on spreading computer viruses 
| and using zombies.
| 
| Whenever Microsoft releases a new operating 
| system, such as Windows Vista, or a new version 
| of Explorer, only in Korea is there a fuss 
| about previous versions not working. The 
| country's closed and outdated computing 
| environment is overly dependent on ActiveX.
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http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/10/27/2009102700899.html

Now they are busy bribing Korean bloggers.


Recent:

Microsoft Windows 7 launched in Korea with 777 power bloggers

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| 777 Korean power bloggers are invited by
| Microsoft Korea and 777 should come from
| Windows 7ÂÂs ÂÂSevenÂÂ. IÂÂve been many
| bloggers events which held in Korea but this is
| biggest blogger event that IÂÂve ever seen. MS
| prepared light dinner meal and Windows 7
| Ultimate (Eng Ver.) for all the attendances.
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http://asia.cnet.com/blogs/digihunter/post.htm?id=63014448&scid=rvhm_ms
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