On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 08:42, Harv Nelson wrote: > Heather/Femme wrote: > > >On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 04:35, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > ><snick> > > > > > >>For ONE YEAR they should sit back, stop trying to FORCE the market and > >>fix the damn product once and for all. ONCE it's fixed, stable, tested, > >>tried and true, THEN they should re-market themselves - they're wasting > >>incredible amounts of money - NOT THEIR MONEY - but the money of the > >>public - and they don't care about it - literally. How cocky for someone > >>to sell you a product, then, instead of fixing the product you > >>originally bought, force you to upgrade and have more problems? And have > >>more fixes? Then turn around and tell you that you're going to have to > >>purchase a license to use it again? > >> > >>C'mon...games getting a bit old...time to grow up and come offa the > >>carpet bagging mentality... > >> > >> > > > > > >And this is different from virus ware vendors, or any other software company in the > >windows world.... how? > > > >Linux software vendors do it too...look @ RH. > > > > > > > > > The Windows/Outlook combo is better counted as the VTP ... "Virus > Tansport Protocol". > > Who has the most to gain from the infections? The folks who write the > virus detection/protection/scanning softare. > > As soon as linux represents a big enough market share, someone will > write code to "protect" you ... and give you a reason to buy it. > > Harv > > >
hell, sure even Mandrake sells security, if you _want_ to 'buy' it.
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