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In article <UP_%n.36625$Ls1.22532@newsfe11.iad>, John Slade
<hhitman86@pacbell.net> wrote:

>      What does this have to do with someone paying for Vista to 
> get fixed? I seem to remember that when people didn't like 
> features of Vista, MS didn't try to hide it.

yes they did. steve ballmer said vista was a huge success.

> I also know that 
> when Windows has a security issue, MS comes out with a fix and 
> doesn't try to hide the fact.

bullshit.

> I know that when Apple decided to 
> include a malware scanner in their OS, they tried to keep it a 
> secret.

apple did not include a malware scanner.

what they did was block two specific trojans that the user needed to
install for anything to happen (and provide the admin password), just
in case a user was stupid enough to do that (which sadly, there are).

> Now with this antenna problem on the iPhone, they tried 
> to hide it by saying it didn't exist. 

nope, they admitted it early on.

> They actually took down 
> threads about it on Apple's forums. This is very shady. 

they took down *some* threads, ones which turned into flame fests.

> To 
> compound problems, it looks like Jobs knew of the problem before 
> release but gave it the green light anyway. 

that's been refuted too, both by apple and other sources.

> This could be 
> leading to a drop in consumer confidence and could hurt Apple's 
> profits. I don't think it will though because Apple has these 
> idiot cultists that will defend Apple no matter what and buy 
> anything Apple puts out. They won't even try it first.

30 days to return it. most have not. 
> 
>      I'm going to see how Jobs addresses these issues. Will Jobs 
> apologize? Will he offer free stuff? I hope he doesn't announce 
> he's suing Consumer Reports and Whoopi Goldberg.

he did apologize and offered free cases.