Travis Rousseau wrote:
I use Linux and oss because of this and a few other reasons
(This was taken out of LinuxUser mag 46)
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The entire proprietary software market has been moving in the direction
of increased control for years. At a fundamental level, proprietary
software means that you do not control what it does.
Stallman again has criticized this. In his book Free Software, Free
Society he notes that "Microsoft has done this several times: one
version of Windows was designed to report to Microsoft all the software
on your hard disk; a recent 'security' upgrade in Windows Media Player
requires users to agree to new restrictions."
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Just the idea of some one watching what I have installed scares the crap
out of me. Even if its not true it still has a possibility and thats
enough to give me a scare.
This happens more often than you would think. I know of at least one
800 pound gorilla oil and gas application that reports back to the
mothership with a list of all the software, dll's and versions thereof.
Yes, they were beat over the head soundly with a foam rubber bat and
told that this was very very bad. They still went ahead, and are
still doing so to this very day.
Nevermind all the various privacy laws that this probably violates
these days...
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Trever Miller
Cyberdex Systems Consulting Corp.
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