It seems that BillyGate$ believes in "If you say it often enough people
will believe it's the truth."
Saw this article and couldn't *not* share. Please put down all coffee,
softdrinks, sloppy food, anything which might damage monitory, keyboard,
desk top, or room should you spew ..
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THE REGISTER: Gates predicts Love Bug Apocalypse if MS broken ... Arachne 1.61
http://www.theregister.co.uk/000508-000011.html Mon, 08 May 2000 20:07:56
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| |Posted 08/05/2000 5:04pm by John Lettice | ||
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| |Global virus armageddon will be the result of | ||
| |the breakup of Microsoft, "writes" Bill Gates in | ||
| |this week's Time magazine, due to go on sale | ||
| |today. Or very nearly, anyway; you may well | ||
| |wonder how the hell he makes that one out. | ||
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| |It's simple, really, as Bill, or whoever | ||
| |knee-jerked the piece out so swiftly, explains. | ||
| |The front line defence against viruses is | ||
| |apparently a "continually evolving" computer | ||
| |operating system that encourages large numbers | ||
| |of software developers to write for it. But if | ||
| |Microsoft is split into two, there would be less | ||
| |innovation in the software, hence fewer | ||
| |developers, and ultimately less defence against | ||
| |viruses. | ||
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| |"Bill" also claims that subsequent to a breakup | ||
| |new, more virus-proof versions of Office and | ||
| |Windows would be "much harder for computer users | ||
| |to obtain." | ||
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| |So there you go. If you've been thinking that | ||
| |the reasons viruses are specifically targetted | ||
| |at Microsoft software are because Outlook leaves | ||
| |plenty big holes for them to drive through, and | ||
| |because Microsoft software has 90 per cent plus | ||
| |of the market, then you're wrong. On the | ||
| |contrary, continual Microsoft innovation must | ||
| |have made the software less vulnerable. The way | ||
| |"Bill" tells it, all of the stuff you read about | ||
| |security holes in Microsoft software (much of | ||
| |it, er, on the Microsoft Web site) can't | ||
| |possibly be true. | ||
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| |And even if it is, so long as Microsoft doesn't | ||
| |get broken up, in the future it'll still be | ||
| |possible for consumers to buy new Microsoft | ||
| |software that offers better virus protection. | ||
| |Honest. Maybe. � | ||
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| |Similarly barking MS claim: | ||
| |What's bad for MS is bad for the US | ||
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