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Story: Microsoft OneCare gets a bashing
Posted by: Marc Dresdon (Saturday 14 May 2005, 5:42 PM)
It is perhaps the most underhand tactic Microsoft have played to date:
1. Make an extremely unsecure operating system.
2. Use a variety of illegal practises to get it into a monpoly position around the world (which they know isn't going to change anytime soon).
3. Then basically blackmailing the world by saying "Yea we know using our Operating System for business purposes is like playing russian roulette with your companies confidential data but the only way you can have the type of security we advertise that Windows already has is by paying us a lot more money on an ongoing basis"!
Surely if Microsoft are going to start charging people an ongoing fee for security they must publicly admit that their Operating System is pathetically insecure. Otherwise what would be the use of their security service?
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Story: Microsoft OneCare gets a bashing
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oooooooooooo that's funny. Microsoft says, " our p... Anonymous -
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This is an outragious conflict of interest. A comp... splinter
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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$oft! Anonymous
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I've been on the fence for a while now...I've look... Steve Daniels
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Your arguement is barely existant and so silly tha... Bryan Steward
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For Microsoft to charge anything for the faulty so... Anonymous
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Microsoft is now trying to make more money off of... Tom G.
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I have no problem with Microsoft entering the... David Wright
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It is perhaps the most underhand tactic Microsoft... Marc Dresdon -
OK i've rerad the responses to the article and bel... Andy
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This is really interesting. Because I dont know ho... Anonymous
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Firstly, why is everyone so surprised? Micro$... 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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