Joel Hammer wrote: > > This is really an old argument. Basically, MS can do anything it > wants to do down the road. After all, almost all MS users are > entirely dependent on MS. The herd thinks that if there are enough sheep, > someone will stop the wolf from eating them. Congress would step in or > something. Or, the wolf will be satisfied with only a small bite from > each of the sheep. > > They could be right. There are a lot of sheep, now that I think about it. > > Joel
>>Some of this has been going on for a long time. Download Netscape 6 and the first >thing that happens is that Netscape pings your box to find out what OS your running >and the browser you're using. Based on that it makes a recommendation on which >version to install. M$ used to do that but I believe they stopped doing it after they >caught alot of flack. Netscape's probe is benign enough for a legitamate purpose, but >it's still someone tracking your data without asking first. > > On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 05:28:13PM -0600, Michael Hipp wrote: > > In case you need ammo to convince folks not to buy MS, this is worth a read: > > > > 'Check the fine print' > > http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/02/02/11/020211opfoster.xml > > > > -- > > Michael R. Hipp > > Microsoft Windows XP: Just say no. > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL. > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
