On 10/7/06, Baishampayan Ghose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Saturday 07 October 2006 10:15 PM, Dinesh Joshi cobbled together some
glyphs to say:
>> I don't think speaking the truth about Microsoft Windows (terming it
>> a spy-ware)
>
> Well that is twisting words now. Windoze is not spyware. M$ has complete
> rights to keep people from pirating its software. AFAIK it doesnt send
> any personal info which is objectionable.
How can _you_ be sure that Windows is not spy-ware? Have you seen the
source code?
How do you know that IT IS? Have you?
All we know is that they are uploading some data from _your_ PC - we
don't know what exactly that is. If _you_ don't trust 'em that much
_you_ shouldn't buy their software. If _you're_ stealing software
(even from M$ - chor ke ghar chori) then perhaps you deserve to be
spied upon!!
It is understandable, how ppl on this list would feel about GNU/Linux
vs. Windoze. I feel the same way. But unless you have hard facts,
making such accusations is nothing short of jingoism.
AFAIC, Redmond doesn't have the smarts to write a decent spyware :-P
.farazs
Note: _you_ to b taken in the generic sense.
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