Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > how bad would it seem to be if one said Microsoft
> > had actually setup and tested Linux by themselves
> > (by Microsoft Employees), where Mindcraft was
> > simply used as a cover-up!!!
>
> That would be a very serious matter. Probably the sort of thing
> that would get Mindcraft stripped of their independant testing
> lab credentials
>
> > I have proof that the person who posted the newsgroup
> > messages for help, is actually working for Microsoft.
> >
> > Would not this immediately make the testing results
> > invalid, just because they violated the principle of
> > independent testing?
>
> I think you would have to provide proof that Mindcraft used Microsofts setup,
> that the person asking was indeed the person asking about stuff for Mindcraft.
>
> Without real proof of those good enough to satisfy people like ZD into
> writing a follow up story on it, I don't see anything changing there.
>
> Innocent until proven guilty
Have a look at the message on dejanews:
http://x12.dejanews.com/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=453662156&CONTEXT=924406304.1458372667&hitnum=2
Click the "More Headers" link.
Note that the field, "X-Http-Proxy" shows RED-PRXY-01, one of the many proxy servers
at Microsoft. These proxy
servers authenticate that traffic originates from a valid REDMOND domain account at
Microsoft.
Note that the field, "X-Http-User-Agent" says, "MS ITG IE5 internal". ITG is the
organization within Microsoft
responsible for maintaining the main servers, and the Microsoft-only customized
versions of released (and
unreleased) Microsoft products.
If these headers were not faked, I have to conclude that:
The message originated from within Microsoft's network, either onsite, or someone
RASed into a local domain. The
message originated from a machine whose operating system was installed off of the
Microsoft intranet.
You may draw your own conclusions about whether or not the the study cited in the
thread's topic was conducted
on-site at Microsoft, and whether or not (and why) the person conducting said test
choose to neither use a verdor
(or internal) Microsoft e-mail account nor an account associated with Mindcraft for a
reply address.
Peter Phillips
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