[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > http://www.theregus.com/content/4/24611.html > > It is absolutely inconceivable to me, if true, that > that is not some kind of criminal offense.
Ahhh but you and I are honest people that work for a living. Like maybe a handshake still seals the deal. However, if you're current business model is losing money, then you have to change licensing models, and switch to dot net. Nothing is out of the question to remain a favorite of Wall Street. > To build in to an O/S release to automatically fetch > files without your explicit knowledge and permission > and even to fetch them from a company which is renowned > for security holes even if the intent is benign(hah!). I think this is one of their milder excursions. See below for more. Think of all that they can do with dot net. > If true, I am enraged and astounded that the American > public is not enraged. I wonder how this affects corporate We come home and just want to click a button on the microwave, TV, DVD, or PC. > users. I wonder if Japanes industrialists run XP. China has adopted linux because the price of windows products eat too much of their GNP. > I wonder if Dell would be jointly criminally liable. > How could this not be frontpage news with info on how > to cripple this 'feature'? > What is wrong with us? > > I actually hope this story is a hoax. > Is The Register reliable? The story is true there are may more just like it. Take a look at the introductory article from http://www.w2knews.com/index.cfm?id=352. They are counting each time you play a file in windows media player. The story said that MS claims that the data is "firewalled" right now. Use this handy script on startup or shutdown. It is for me/98. There is a similar location in NT/2000 @echo off Rem kill wmp database cd "C:\WINDOWS\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Media Index" attrib -r *.* del WMPLIBrary*.* Also note that they have a globally unique id to let web sites track you in windows media player. It can be turned off, however. > > No wonder they have such disdain for the govt. and the law. > They want to BE the govt. and the law. > $29 billion in cash helps. Here's how to refuse the mark of the beast. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24668.html Read how MS killed DRDos in fyodor's bio. Fyodor designed nmap the port scanning tool. http://www.insecure.org/myworld.html So now let me direct this back more toward the itent of the mailing list. For along time I've used a varity of operating systems: hp 3000, IBM, windows, Unix and now Linux. So I am not a bigot or trying to start a flame war. I'll still use whatever makes the most sense for the job. That's what an analyst has to do. It is hard to read through all the marketing crap, however. If you disagree with policies of where Microsoft wants to tell you where to go, then refuse to follow. So here's what I plan to do. Windows ME is the end of the road for my house. I am getting ready to dual boot the windows PCs with Linux. I still have to bring the wife and kids along. The browsing MS tool oriented sites problem using Linux browers has been solved by the CrossOver Plugin found at http://www.codeweavers.com/home/. If I have to learn more about Windows, I'll do it at work. If I have to certify, I'll choose some other course than Microsoft such as Zair, Oracle, and Cisco. I find working with Unix/Linux more interesting to use than MS and I have used both for a long time. If you are truely interested in freedom as opposed to the picture that MS paints, then do what you can for a project like LEAF. I've learned alot of interesting things by reading the LEAF mailing list. Work on mini howtos in any available time you have. Encourage people just beginning and struggling to use LEAF, etc. In order to retain your online freedom, there still has to be a choice. Greg Morgan _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
