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Prove it.

Provide me with proof this exists and how to exploit it. And again, I said the United States does not advocate an Operating system in open public forum.

I have no idea what Russia, China, the EU, and many other countries are doing secretly. But if what you are saying is true, and I've heard it but dismissed it, then surely our allies are fully aware of it. That would include a good share of the EU, mainly Britain and her territories. If they did this, in national interest, it surely was not aimed at anything less than national security. If not, you are trying to say that the United States would be willing to use such a "backdoor" simply to shut down competition around the world? That is a crazed, conspiricy theorist stance that makes no sense in reality. If the U.S. forced MS to shut down the world's PCs what would be our gain? We would dominate all goods and services while the other countries struggled to regain computer systems? How ludicrous. Where would that leave the United States, once it was over? What countries are using MS to control their weapon systems? Paint a scenario where the U.S. could even conceive of using such a thing.
Speaking of NSA, the work they've done with Linux is ongoing. The U.S. government has always relied on Unix and derivitives for national security sytsems and provides the funding for research to Unix and it's derivatives to this day. Seems like an unfair advantage. But then, when Microsoft entered the server business the ISPs and internet backbone sites were all running *nix (or possible still a mainframe?) but by and large a *nix monopoly in that space. Microsoft, instead of running to the Feds to claim unfair advantage, worked to gain any percentage of that space they could. Too bad Apple never challenged MS at retail during the 80s, 90s and 00s. Too bad *nix folks could not develop a gui to get there and compete until the last 5 years or so, but how is that Microsoft's fault? That market was there, needed filled and nobody else even attempted a run at it. Now everyone who hates Microsoft is working religiously to bring it down.....death to Microsoft....so they can sit on their Soft A$$es and reap the benefits of the kingdom when it tumbles.

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