Re: [newbie] ARTICLE: Microsoft wants admin privileges on your PC(old, but relevant)

2003-06-17 Thread Dale Huckeby
On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, JoeHill wrote: On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 18:27:03 -0500 (CDT) Dale Huckeby [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Nothing's going to change (at the government level) until _that_ changes. Soo, what are you suggesting exactly? Killing is *wrong*, I repeat, *wrong*, I would never

Re: [newbie] ARTICLE: Microsoft wants admin privileges on your PC(old, but relevant)

2003-06-16 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 21:02, Adolfo Bello wrote: On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 05:40, Stephen Kuhn wrote: http://mailbox.univie.ac.at/~prillih3/blog/stories/2002/08/03/microsoftWantsAdminPrivile.html This impacts countries national security. Many governments won't take it easy. A huge mistake.

Re: [newbie] ARTICLE: Microsoft wants admin privileges on your PC(old, but relevant)

2003-06-16 Thread Adolfo Bello
I am just trying to foresee what Microsoft will become if SCO wins. If they can come out with this sort of EULA even when they feel threated by Linux, just imagine what they would do if there were no challenging alternative. Adolofo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] ARTICLE: Microsoft wants admin privileges on your PC (old, but relevant)

2003-06-16 Thread rikona
Hello Stephen, Monday, June 16, 2003, 2:40:15 AM, you wrote: SK microsoftWantsAdminPrivile.html This is at the top of my list for why I tried MD. This box in front of me is *MY* computer, not theirs!! -- Thank you, rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your

RE: [newbie] ARTICLE: Microsoft wants admin privileges on your PC (old, but relevant)

2003-06-16 Thread Duron . Davis
Problem is the lines you're using to tell us that ARE theirs -Original Message- From: rikona [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 2:06 PM To: Stephen Kuhn Subject: Re: [newbie] ARTICLE: Microsoft wants admin privileges on your PC (old, but relevant) Hello Stephen

Re: [newbie] ARTICLE: Microsoft wants admin privileges on your PC(old, but relevant)

2003-06-16 Thread Dale Huckeby
On 16 Jun 2003, Stephen Kuhn wrote: . . . lots o' snip Microsoft has already shown that they have really no care about privacy or security or even offering privacy or security to the end user - just as much as the US government doesn't care about personal privacy or personal security; so

Re: [newbie] ARTICLE: Microsoft wants admin privileges on your PC(old, but relevant)

2003-06-16 Thread JoeHill
On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 18:27:03 -0500 (CDT) Dale Huckeby [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Nothing's going to change (at the government level) until _that_ changes. Soo, what are you suggesting exactly? Killing is *wrong*, I repeat, *wrong*, I would never ever sanction or condone something like

Re: [newbie] ARTICLE: Microsoft wants admin privileges on your PC(old, but relevant)

2003-06-16 Thread Aron Smith
On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 02:40, Stephen Kuhn wrote: http://mailbox.univie.ac.at/~prillih3/blog/stories/2002/08/03/microsoftWantsAdminPrivile.html Possibly I don't need that tinfoil hat. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] ARTICLE: Microsoft wants admin privileges on your PC (old, but relevant)

2003-06-16 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 09:47, JoeHill wrote: For every roadblock they put up in front of us, we'll find a way around it, or we'll use Stephen's head as a battering ram, whichever...after years of abuse, I would imagine a 12 guage round to the cranium would just give him a headache. 12 gauge