-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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. Genuine users who have > registered with them already have given out more than enough personal > information. > > Spreading FUD regarding other OSes wont get Linux anywhere. > > And if one values one's privacy so much then he / she should unplug > his/her computer from the internet because the moment you're online, > some or the other "personal" information definitely goes out.
How can _you_ be sure that Windows is not spy-ware? Have you seen the source code? I guess you came to the conclusion by *trusting* what Microsoft claims. In that case, you have to trust what Microsoft is saying about GNU/Linux in its ``Get the facts'' campaign and the numerous independent studies funded by Microsoft. The personal information that people mostly give away on the Internet comprises Email addresses, phone numbers, SSNs, etc. All those information is given away by the people themselves, unwittingly or not. But what about the information passed on to Redmond by Windows? Do you have _any_ idea about what that information is? Can you control it in any way? Do you still think this is FUD? Regards, BG - -- Baishampayan Ghose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ubuntu -- Linux for Human Beings http://www.ubuntu.com/ 1024D/86361B74 BB2C E244 15AD 05C5 523A 90E7 4249 3494 8636 1B74 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFJ55YQkk0lIY2G3QRAtCFAJ4xxBan+tQkthC6D3rZqg5uVsbI6wCgsC6h DhKzL5dElPQLTiSRXu3jFIk= =b4yQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
