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Do I have the right to drive YOUR car where I want???
"The right to run your own software from your own software?"

The copy of Windows on my machine is *MY* software. M$ no longer owns it once *I* purchase it (and no, I didn't merely purchase a license). If I tweak my machine a certain way, NO ONE has the right to change that (not even Buddha or Jesus).
This was just another sorry attempt by M$ to break the law and do as they pleased. It must be much harder to track people when they use a non-spyware ridden browser. IE provides them with an extra tracking mechanism (and no, I will not post links documenting this; if you don't know this you are retarded at this point). I'm sure this "patch" will just be moving the tracking into Windows itself so you will be tracked regardless.

"Give what up? The right to run your own software from your own software?"

Well, um, excuse me but isn't that what I have given up and not Microsoft??? Isn't what you're saying in fact the complete opposite of what you think it means?...
Posted by: SloooeShflu   Posted on: 01/15/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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BS  gmyx | 01/15/04
???  dg mh | 01/15/04
DLLs  Bob/Paul | 01/15/04
kernel  rpmyers1 | 01/15/04
Microsoft will just never give it up!  SloooeShflu | 01/15/04
This is pointless  voska | 01/15/04
Note to twit jr.  Don Bradley | 01/15/04
Foul mouthed?  Bob/Paul | 01/15/04
It was done on purpose, Twit Sr.  SloooeShflu | 01/15/04
Please rethink your post  solprovider | 01/15/04
Don't Need To  Don Bradley | 01/15/04
foul mouthed  SloooeShflu | 01/15/04
You're confused  Don Bradley | 01/15/04
So you didn't just say this then???  SloooeShflu | 01/15/04
Still Confused Shoo..  Don Bradley | 01/15/04
Umm. Read the article  Bob/Paul | 01/15/04
Umm-not truly corrected  AbsolutelyNot | 01/15/04
No...  Bob/Paul | 01/15/04
Even better  Taz_z | 01/15/04
BEing forced to do something is not "doing the right thing"  SloooeShflu | 01/15/04
Give what up?  vdraken | 01/15/04
Do I have the right to drive YOUR car where I want???  SloooeShflu | 01/15/04
IMO, good, let users invoke whatever browser  FilledOut | 01/15/04
Controlware?!?  Bob/Paul | 01/15/04
Other than reassociating your files and reenabling itself @ startup...  SloooeShflu | 01/15/04
Just cut and paste the URL out of IE  Taz_z | 01/15/04
Only if you stole your copy of Windows...  Bob/Paul | 01/15/04
Why would I even take the time?  Taz_z | 01/15/04
funny...  JoeMama_z | 01/15/04
So why do you run Windows Update?  Taz_z | 01/15/04
I apply patches...  JoeMama_z | 01/15/04
Well, if it works for you & you find it useful, then great  Taz_z | 01/15/04
As it should be  NT Admin | 01/16/04

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