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Story: Microsoft OneCare gets a bashing
Posted by: Anonymous (Friday 13 May 2005, 6:06 PM)
What's the difference between a subscription to antivirus support to Norton versus antivirus support to Microsoft?
Other comments say: Microsoft shouldn't profit off its flaws.
I say: OK, so Norton does, and I do, ... I also profit from flaws and inadequacies in other people's software.
Other comments say: It's not the same thing. You shouldn't send out knowingly faulty product and expect people to pay to fix it.
I say: That's pretty much what a lot of the sourceforge projects do. And yes, developers put code out, and sometimes fix it, and sometimes they don't. Some companies rely on support (not necessarily usabilty, and then again, not necessarily bugs) contracts to help them keep their livelihood. It's easy to pick on Microsoft. It's also easy to not buy support from Microsoft if you don't want to do that. Likewise, you don't have to buy a support contract from Novell/Suse, either.
Who are you going to call when someone rootkits your Suse box? well, you do have a choice...
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Story: Microsoft OneCare gets a bashing
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oooooooooooo that's funny. Microsoft says, " our p... Anonymous -
Whats the difference,you pay for AV software... Wayne Hynes -
http://distrowatch.com Anonymous
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This is an outragious conflict of interest. A comp... splinter
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What's the difference between a subscription... Anonymous -
If Microsoft didn't charge for this prop... Anonymous -
My first reaction is that charging... Anonymous
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I say that vendor liability is... Arthur B.
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I have seen comments like thes... Ryan Egesdahl
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I cannot believe that Microsoft would have... MSK1812
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I personally find these comments astounding, these... Anonymous
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Truly amazing is the number of people who wel... Roger Pratt
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As a Mac user I don't know weather to laugh or cry... Anonymous
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Every piece of software has bugs and flaws. M... Anonymous
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Here I come UNIX! Screw Micro$oft! Anonymous
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I've been on the fence for a while now...I've look... Steve Daniels
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Your arguement is barely existant and so silly tha... Bryan Steward
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For Microsoft to charge anything for the faulty so... Anonymous
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Microsoft is now trying to make more money off of... Tom G.
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I have no problem with Microsoft entering the... David Wright
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It is perhaps the most underhand tactic Microsoft... Marc Dresdon
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OK i've rerad the responses to the article and bel... Andy
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This is really interesting. Because I dont know ho... Anonymous
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Firstly, why is everyone so surprised? Micro$... ML
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Apple effectively does the same with its different... Liam
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Is this a hoax? Anonymous
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I agree with Microsoft, somethings must be payed.... Carlos
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What a great idea! This way Microsoft can purpose... Anonymous
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It's simply amazing how many people have so m... Anonymous
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Linux awaits you all. It makes sense from both a b... Anonymous
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But then again I suppose if anyone knows how... Kevin Sinclair
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Symantec have been doing it for years. Have you e... Anonymous
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I too,think this whole thing is incredible.A decen... Bruce White
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Anti-Virus software makers do not sell updates to... Anonymous
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Wake up you nerds. Of course there are going to b... Tom Thumb
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Bill Gates is the anti-christ, open source so... Anonymous
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This sounds a lot like the old Mafia scheme of "pr... Anonymous
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Microsoft is known for selling half-baked products... Arthur B.
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Microsoft WOULD give us this stuff for free if it... Anonymous
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And the world should be perfect. WaWaWa! They will... Anonymous
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