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The latest virus PORKING Windows machines around the world.

http://www.lurhq.com/phatbot.html

That's a good one, check out the "feature" list on that bad boy. That a Windows machine can be so completely owned by a single insult is truly amazing.

And here's an article about OSS from CIO magazine.

http://www.cio.com/archive/030104/open.html

Had enough? Better go patch your Fisher-Price operating system. Of course, the only way to really secure Windows is to unplug it.
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Investors and a false economy  US Chistian | 03/17/04
m$ business model is based on broken promises  stephen732@... | 03/17/04
Relevance  CO_TechGuy | 03/17/04
the relevance  eLurker | 03/17/04
Criminal versus Civil Cases  vferrara | 03/17/04
Hello SouthernPride!  OhMyGosh | 03/17/04
Wrong  skeptic tank | 03/17/04
That's pretty plain talk  Chad_z | 03/17/04
Message has been deleted.  Teddy Tubesteak | 03/17/04
now chad  eLurker | 03/17/04
re:  ryusen | 03/17/04
Linux rolls over MS????  vferrara | 03/17/04
Just more bad publicity for Microsoft here, gloating about margins.  DonnieBoy | 03/17/04
Market Forces  Font | 03/17/04
Either way, stupid for Microsoft to fight this.  DonnieBoy | 03/17/04
Email was supposed to be confidential...  Mike Cox | 03/17/04
Mike, I am ashamed of you...  Patrick Jones | 03/17/04
Mike. i agree  stephen732@... | 03/17/04
You've almost got it  IT_User | 03/17/04
A suggestion from my kids  Squawkbox | 03/17/04
More important: MS Execs were supposed to be honest.  DonnieBoy | 03/17/04
Floppies!!?  Eggs Ackley_z | 03/18/04
All stocks are based on [false] hopes of gains  US Chistian | 03/17/04
Sorry, no.  quietLee | 03/17/04
Interesting perspective  Chad_z | 03/17/04
Insert rude noise here...  quietLee | 03/17/04
Re: Interesting [CHAD]  US Chistian | 03/17/04
Attacking the messenger = lameness  tic swayback | 03/17/04
Yes. Logical irrelevance.  quietLee | 03/17/04
Okay, here's some more  Chad_z | 03/17/04
yes but restricted choices  JWatson77 | 03/17/04
MS Tax  Sunny Jalolly | 03/17/04
So pass laws due to bad consumer choices?  quietLee | 03/17/04
Time and money  Sunny Jalolly | 03/17/04
Time and money  seosamh_z | 03/17/04
called volume discount  JWatson77 | 03/17/04
notice walmart has to sell to brands  JWatson77 | 03/17/04
arrrgh  eLurker | 03/17/04
What choices?  quietLee | 03/17/04
so wouldn't it be great  JWatson77 | 03/17/04
Nothing New Here  Stewart Cannon | 03/17/04
Alternatives 10 years ago?  tic swayback | 03/17/04
Alternatives 10 years ago?  seosamh_z | 03/17/04
How many OEMs offered those?  tic swayback | 03/17/04
You're right about IBM . . . except for one thing. . .  Plain Logic | 03/17/04
Almost as bad as Linux Distro's.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/17/04
C'mon No_Ax  Patrick Jones | 03/17/04
Tell me why it's not the same.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/17/04
Hey I'll tell ya why!  MkIIISupra | 03/17/04
because you are not forced to eat it  JWatson77 | 03/17/04
One more time. Expalin that statement!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/17/04
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or stating that Windows NAS is full OS  Sunny Jalolly | 03/17/04
Never said that, *YOU* wanted a stripped version.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/17/04
By the way, I'm sorry you didn't know stripped means stripped.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/17/04
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Is it eating into yours?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/17/04
pointing out the facts ???  Iain_Peters | 03/17/04
Your excused.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/17/04
I get the impression that you have problems with adapting to change.  B.O.F.H. | 03/17/04
Indeed, pay for FREE stuff.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/17/04
what facts?  ryusen | 03/17/04
So, why are 90%margins bad?  omdguy | 03/17/04
Don't confuse Markup with Profit Margin  voska | 03/17/04
(NT) Buy it or don't is not choice ... buy it or buy something else is  George Jay | 03/17/04
his time cost money too  JWatson77 | 03/17/04
Ask Red Hat, their markup is better.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/17/04
Mouth off the helium bottle dude!  MkIIISupra | 03/17/04
RE: Mouth off the helium bottle dude!  Iain_Peters | 03/17/04
RE: Mouth off the helium bottle dude!  seosamh_z | 03/17/04
re: RE: Mouth off the helium bottle dude!  Iain_Peters | 03/18/04
Actually...  vferrara | 03/17/04
Actually,  Patrick Jones | 03/18/04
Nothing new here...  realitycheck101 | 03/17/04
Invest in RED HAT, They have better markup.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/17/04
keep trying that line and maybe  Iain_Peters | 03/17/04
how many times...  ryusen | 03/17/04
You're "right"  Teddy Tubesteak | 03/17/04
(NT) The World's Sleaziest Company... and the sheep keep buying... Amazing!  Plain Logic | 03/17/04
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