On 4/19vis Rousseau wrote: > > I use Linux and oss because of this and a few other reasons > > (This was taken out of LinuxUser mag 46) > > ________ > > 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." > > ________ > > > > 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... > > -- > Trever Miller
Awe man, Didn't need to know that :-P Travis R. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
