talk about dissatisfied lol! Forwarded mail....

[Shaun Oliver]

read on fellow listers
just another reason why not to worry about installing micro blah windbags
xp


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Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 22:43:04 +1000
From: Samantha <samhowe at goanna.net.au>
To: shauno at goanna.net.au

Microsoft is spending at least $250 million to market its new Windows XP
operating system, which has gotten some good reviews, but also plenty of
criticism from rivals who say it is designed to push smaller firms out of
the Web software business. XP integrates features such as a media player and
a chat application, two items that have been provided by third-party
software firms before. Privacy advocates are also wary of the way XP allows
users to update its software: To get a special activation number from
Microsoft, consumers must 
provide the company with information about themselves and the configuration
of their computer. Changing too much hardware in the machine could render XP
useless. When the new operating system is installed, it also asks people to
sign up for Microsoft's Passport service, a password collector and
electronic organizer that some say is intended only to keep computer users
well within Microsoft's computing world.


Michael Robertson, the founder of MP3.com and one of the loudest voices in
the fight between the music industry and file-sharing sites, plans to take
on Microsoft with a new operating system of his own. The software, known as
"Lindows," would combine the Unix-based Linux operating system with a
graphical interface that looks like Windows, and a layer of translation code
that would allow the OS to run both Windows 
and Linux programs. The Wall Street Journal reported that Robertson expects
to ship the new OS early next year. It is expected to cost consumers $99,
and the software will be designed to be downloaded, the Journal reported. A
news release about Robertson's plans is available at Lindows.com.



Richard A. Clarke, the adviser for cyber-security in the newly created
Office of Homeland Security, wants the government to create a second
Internet, called Govnet, that would allow federal agencies to operate in
security. But he hasn't ignored the need for more coordinated protection of
the current Internet, according to The Washington Post. Clarke is among
those urging industry to create a "first alert" system that would
disseminate information about cyber-attacks so businesses could avert
further damage. Computer security experts said the main problem in creating
such a system has been the same for years: Corporations generally don't
trust each other, and they are reluctant to share cyber-security information
with one another. The FBI is attempting to change that with a public-private
group called Infragard that allows the anonymous sharing of information
about attacks, the Post reported.

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