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Story: Gates takes a side-swipe at Apple, Linux security

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Gates understands the situation very well. How else could he ALWAYS be saying the exact opposite to truth?

If Gates says Linux and Mac OSX are vulnerable, then they both can relax in the certain knowledge that they are essentially, invulnerable. Microsoft is no doubt doing everything they can to develop viruses for both these operating systems and if they or their partners had had any success doing so the viruses would be out there. Duplicitous behavior is, after all vintage Microsoft, in fact it's ALL they know. To the best of my knowledge OSX has NEVER had a virus and has been around for years. Linux smaller market share hasn't been so invulnerable but their virus count is tiny compared to the 1970's era sieve that Microsoft calls Windows.

In Gates defense, he is in a very difficult position. Microsoft has an operating system that is absolutely obsolete and if they change it to something modern, useable and secure they will be just like all the other UNIX based operating systems and be unable to use their proprietary software monopoly to extort huge piles of cash from users. They also would have NO unique (proprietary) application base and therefor would be bankrupt in a matter of months. They simply have, NO LEGITIMATE options to maintain their monopoly. Even Microsoft knows their loosing customers so to address this, they will make another lame proprietary attempt to close some holes with Longhorn at the users expense of course by increasing Microsoft's virtual access to everything on your computer. Nothing will be allowed to run without their blessing. Experts feel Longhorn may be USABLE by 2010 if it stays on schedule. Are we prepared for five more years in this hell we live in? Longhorn will of course set up yet another round of forced upgrades to all applications and the money taps are once again wide open and flowing mountains of cash. History repeats and we all swallow the Microsoft LIE whole, one more time. If they were capable of anything superior to absolute crapware we would have seen it LONG ago. Look at Apple they made the operating system transition flawlessly by all accounts, in just a few years, this simply is outside Microsoft's capability. In order to keep all current customers all software transitions must take decades or they risk loosing a customer to something that already works, not some fictional future date when all will, miraculously be wonderful and work too, this time, really.

Currently Windows has nearly a virtual lock on viruses that cost us each the purchase cost of our computer each year and thats just down time. Add to that the virtual certainty that we will each loose all our data each year on average and have to reinstall everything once twice or more each year. One begins to question the sanity of using anything Microsoft. NO other operating system endures this sort of perpetual rape of the customer base, so why do we continually put up with it? Is the certainty of being screwed by Microsoft better than, the uncertainty of changing to something that actually works, is secure and respects people's privacy? It seems insane doesn't it? Microsoft spends BILLIONS of our extorted money each year on FUD to keep us in mortal fear of this change. Microsoft's life literally depends on our stupidity, vulnerability and fear! Fortunately for humanity the shift from blind stupidity has started, so wake up a brother or two if you've come to your senses and if not, open your mind and realize that the years of FUD are simply lies to keep us captive SLAVES to Microsoft!

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