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Windows isn't spyware?
Not until XP anyway. Go install ZoneAlarm on your machine and see who calls home, especially on a fresh install of XP. If you can think of a logical reason for the Microsoft mouse driver to call home, then I would sure like to hear. There are a few other nonnetwork pieces of software that do this too. Go figure, you can't trust anybody, can you?
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I'm sure Microsoft cares deeply..  Bobby Sskcat | 02/26/04
Yeah, sure...  jrbeaman | 02/27/04
Action needed  Ardian Daka | 02/26/04
Somehow Make Viruses Obsolete  ParadigmOdyssey | 02/26/04
DO NOT GET IT  Solid Water | 02/26/04
You should get it  Ardian Daka | 02/26/04
As For The Differences in Oses  ParadigmOdyssey | 02/26/04
You're absolutely right  Ardian Daka | 02/26/04
Speak For Yourself  nikoli | 02/26/04
Ads do get installed.  Anton Philidor | 02/26/04
Cookies, maybe...  nikoli | 02/26/04
personal privacy can be completely managed...  JoeMama_z | 02/26/04
You Know What Strange About this  ParadigmOdyssey | 02/26/04
Windows isn't spyware?  Taz_z | 02/26/04
STILL DO NOT GET IT  Solid Water | 02/26/04
You SHOULD CARE.  jrbeaman | 02/27/04
Great idea!  Cardinal_Bill | 02/26/04
ACTION NOT NEEDED, EDUCATING HOME USERS NEEDED!  DragonBRockin | 02/26/04
VERY VERY True  Valis Keogh | 02/26/04
Lotsa luck  Chad_z | 02/26/04
Agreed, And I Think You Could  nikoli | 02/26/04
Its SAD  doe_z | 02/26/04
Exactly...  nikoli | 02/26/04
Comments on Mac and Linux.  doe_z | 02/26/04
There is a reason for the MAC user being better with computers  voska | 02/26/04
Perfect Explaination  nikoli | 02/26/04
you have proved a valid point!  stephen732@... | 02/26/04
Puma  nikoli | 02/26/04
Problem is that often it's not accidental  voska | 02/26/04
A correction to your example....  MkIIISupra | 02/27/04
Right !  Ardian Daka | 02/26/04
Clarification  Ardian Daka | 02/26/04
educating them to buy a mac you mean  hipparchus | 02/26/04
re: educating them to buy a mac you mean  stephen732@... | 02/26/04
Action Indeed  rlodge@... | 02/26/04
Re: Action Needed  middle of nowhere | 02/26/04
and no liabilities for m$? (nt)  stephen732@... | 02/26/04
Wow, How Retarded Is That  nikoli | 02/26/04
NO NO NO!!  doe_z | 02/26/04
That's a possibility too  Ardian Daka | 02/26/04
Agree on that part...  doe_z | 02/26/04
wrong it's not the user stupid  hipparchus | 02/26/04
Bandwidth Limitations  voska | 02/26/04
more action needed  stephen732@... | 02/26/04
Billions lost? Based on what?  issthatso | 02/26/04
That was my reaction too  jfrankcarr | 02/26/04
Based on a lot of guessing  bit_rot | 02/26/04
Where was the money going to to begin with  Domb2 | 02/26/04
mom and pop store down the street  V Sanders | 02/26/04
We have more than one negative MS article per day. They keep commin'.  DonnieBoy | 02/26/04
Two big problems in transitioning I see  jfrankcarr | 02/26/04
Transistion cost are a one time cost. MS costs are never ending.  DonnieBoy | 02/26/04
Excellent points  Chad_z | 02/26/04
SOME LINUX COMPANIES CHARGE YOU A YEARLY FEE  V Sanders | 02/26/04
Support always costs a LOT  doe_z | 02/26/04
IT team is support  voska | 02/26/04
If you're going to be stupid  Chad_z | 02/26/04
you left two things out  JoeMama_z | 02/26/04
Accounting is a concern  jfrankcarr | 02/26/04
are you sure no accounting packages on linux?  hipparchus | 02/26/04
re: Transistion  cookingwithcat | 02/26/04
transitioning  B_HI | 02/26/04
If OS X could work  nikoli | 02/26/04
Me Too!  Chad_z | 02/26/04
Wonder Why Apple  nikoli | 02/26/04
Here is Why Apple.....  middle of nowhere | 02/26/04
Builds up the drama, though.  Anton Philidor | 02/26/04
Too much drama too little reason  michael-t | 03/02/04
Why would anyone use an MS system as a web server?  jrbeaman | 02/27/04
Here's the cure  Nullifidian | 02/26/04
The cure?-fire the morons who open attachements!!  jbachandouris@... | 02/26/04
WHAT?!?!  Nullifidian | 02/26/04
too much time on your hands - fire idiots buying lousy software  hipparchus | 02/26/04
What a Load of Dung that was  nikoli | 02/26/04
Put that in your TCO calculation  Chad_z | 02/26/04
oh please  V Sanders | 02/26/04
aids virus cost billions  V Sanders | 02/26/04
Honestly, I've Never Read A Dumber Post  nikoli | 02/26/04
MS has enabled any idiot to be a computer Professional...  jrbeaman | 02/27/04
And That Had What To Do With What Again ???  nikoli | 02/27/04
Im sorry what exactly does this virus have to do with MS?  JoeMama_z | 02/26/04
so you have no people on your network?  hipparchus | 02/26/04
It doesn't bother my MAC even if I try to run it  hoople | 02/27/04
I Would Say No  nikoli | 02/27/04
Just wondering  Louisiana oilman | 02/26/04
Indeed  cookingwithcat | 02/26/04
The real solution.........  nite_w0lf | 02/26/04
And If Linux was on 90% of desktop  John Zern | 02/26/04
Yeah, yeah, yeah...  astef69 | 02/27/04
Market share does not equal virus writers  openMind | 02/27/04
Well, Which Is It Then ???  nikoli | 02/27/04
And That Had What To Do With What Again ???  nikoli | 02/27/04
Damn It  nikoli | 02/27/04
You condone it  FilledOut | 02/27/04
What about the cost to businesses of applying the zillions of MS fixes ???  Plain Logic | 02/28/04
he cost to businesses of applying the zillions of MS fixes  B_HI | 02/29/04
We need a software hero  BXLE | 02/28/04
You see MS makes necessary  michael-t | 03/02/04

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