From: cybersean3000 at domain yahoo.com
Date: Wed 17 Oct 2001 - 01:15:32 IST
Keep these things in mind:
* Microsoft has over 90% of the desktop market, yet the American
government has difficulty declaring it a monopoly. IBM and Standard Oil
were declared monopolies and broken up with a much lower percentage of
market share.
* The "operating system" on 90% of the computer desktops, known as
Windows, has "back door" accesses. When discovered, they are reported as
"security holes" and then "fixed". The fact security holes never go away
does not appear to be of concern to governments, military, financial,
research, and medical institutions.
* The "operating system" on 90% of the computer desktops, known as
Windows, has severe stability issues. The fact this never goes away does
not appear to be of concern to governments, military, financial,
research, and medical institutions.
* American President Bill Clinton, and his disciples, stopped the
"Clipper Chip Montra" after Mr. Clinton and Mr. Gates played a round of
golf. I am sure that the conversation went something like this "You
know, Mr. President, what you are trying to do with the Clipper Chip, we
have been able to do with software for years." Is nobody concerned about
the "wake on lan" feature?
* Before Windows 3.1, Windows developers had access to most of the
Windows API's, I forget the number, but I think it was around 80%. When
Windows 3.1 was released, developers had access to less than half of the
API's.
* Many DOS based anti-virus progs reported Windows 3.1 to be a virus.
This was obviously incorrect, because a virus actually does something.
* Mr. Gates wants to see "a computer in every home". If this were
actually true, Microsoft would have treated the PC for Kids charity in
Australia accordingly, rather than bullying them. What he really wants
is a minimum version of MS Windows in every home.
* When Installing Windows 2000 fourteen months ago, Sygate reported that
a message was trying to be sent to an email address at Network Solutions.
Upon viewing the message contents, the CPU serial number was a curious
piece of info. Network Solutions' reply basically said that "we were
mistaken" and Network Solutions "does not engage in such practices". We
sent a copy of the relevant section from the Sygate log, and never heard
from N.S.
That should be enough for now . . .
-=Sean=-
On 17 Oct 2001, at 0:31, Brian O'Donoghue wrote:
> I don't mean to be an orwellian scare-monger, but the entire notion
> that the "side" we live on is somehow morally endowed withe the secptre
> of fortitude is one of the ways that our quasi-totalitarian leaders keep
> themselves in the ascendancy. War, ethnic conflict, serve as much as
> an engine of geographic-industrial acquisition engines as they do to
> keep the population of country/ies X &Y etc distracted, undereducated
> and subrogated, & I don't mean our enemies, the real enemy is on our
> doorstep. In this respect could the internet not be viewed as some-kind
> of intricated orwellian matrix, a device to keep the "free" subjugated
> and encapsulated?
>
> >It is very proabal that net freedom will become very hard under the current
> >atmosphere. The Governments are going to rely on the negitave side of the net
> >for their war on terror campaign and justification of the restriction of the
> >rights of the individual.
> >
> >Aj
> >
> >
> >On Tuesday 16 October 2001 5:20 am, Richard Eibrand wrote:
> >
> >>Hello all,
> >>
> >>I came across this article the other day, and it struck me as a little odd.
> >>http://scripts.ireland.com/search/highlight.plx?TextRes=FBI%20AND%
> >>20ASSETS&Path=/newspaper/ireland/2001/1013/north6.htm .
> >>
> >>It is not that I condone the any terrorist activity or any such thing,
> >>but is it just me, or it is the FBI flexing its muscles a bit too much.
> >>
> >>Could the same thing happen here in Ireland? As in, who regulates the type
> >>of material that ISP's are allowed to hold? Finally, what is the current
> >>standpoint on the "Freedom of Speech of the internet", is it very
> >>subjective to each country...
> >>
> >>Regards,
> >>Richard
> >>
> >
>
>
>
>
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