talk about dissatisfied lol! Forwarded mail....

[Thomas Ward]

Well, I can say for myself it was for reasons like this I decided to give 
Linux a shot. I am sick of Microsoft's wining about people copying the 
Winblows os, and doing everything they can to make everyones life 
miserable 
trying to secure it.
Where I had to download Red Hat 7.2, put it on disks, and no one is 
complaining that I am letting everyone have a copy if they want it.
Not to mention all I had to buy a couple of cd's, and I had Linux. XP is 
going to be the death of Microsoft.
  On Sun, 28 Oct 2001, Shaun Oliver wrote:

> read on fellow listers
> just another reason why not to worry about installing micro blah windbags
> xp
> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> 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.
> 
>