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Sat, 27 May 2006 10:30   |
EK Sound
Messages: 939
Registered: June 2005
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Sort of, and I see your concerns... =
basically, MS=20
bought out a 3rd party app (GIANT was the beta I product) and built on =
it.=20
Here's the deal though. The ZoneAlarm vs. Windows built in firewal app =
intended=20
to block things out.... now do you REALLY think that MS is blocking =
themselves=20
in their own firewall? </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Of the spyware stuff.... my belief is =
that MS is=20
going to spy on you if you're on the net. Period. What they won't do is =
sell=20
your private data off on the black market or hang/hose your CPU time up =
with=20
replicating. They'll have back doors, IMHO, that nobody else save =
the govt=20
will be keen to. In a corporate, twisted kind of way I'm actually ok =
with this.=20
That very thing might be the ticket to nailing some terrorists. =
Vista,=20
after all the hoopla has died, will be little if any different in this =
respect.=20
If you want a scary bedtime story, start reading all your EULAs. This =
goes for=20
most EULAs (including Apple) outside of MS, but not all of course. There =
are=20
freeware alternatives, but that a completely different bucket of worms. =
Bottom=20
line in those EULAs is: You own nothing, you are allowed to USE =
software.=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I'll pick my battles, and I can attest =
that the=20
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