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In article <voblc.33640$Np3.1255953@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>,
 Al Smith <invalid@address.com> wrote:
>>> Without presenting this in the EULA, Billie and company have decided
>>> that they now have the right to install anything they wish on your (or
>>> my) computer without asking permission. Same as the Trojan they
>>> installed with the M$ Multimedia Keyboard on my computer. 
>> 
>> In the past I've contended that MS does this sort of thing (makes unrelated
> changes to your system when you install a "patch" or "update") and I've been
> called paranoid. This is the second such documented nonrelated change that
> I've become aware of (the other was a removal of certain symbols from a font)
> resulting from installation of an MS "patch" and I'm not even looking for
> proof of this behavior.
>>   I continue in my refusal to "update" my system with MS "patches". IMO the
> fact that MS continues to become more and more aggressive in their belief that
> they have a right to control and alter YOUR system, YOUR property, and to
> monitor your behavior like some out of control government agency, is the
> direct result of their being (again, IMO) a monopoly. 
>
>What turned me off Microsoft completely was when I did an upgrade, 
>only to discover that the upgrade software had deactivated my copy 
>of Word 2000 without asking my permission or giving me any 
>options. The software determined, to its own satisfaction, that I 
>was running a Beta copy, and even though the Beta copy didn't have 
>any time limit built into it, the software rendered it inoperable. 

Just curious -- but did you try reinstalling the Beta after it was 
disabled?  If so, with what result?

>As far as I was concerned, that was it for Microsoft. I haven't 
>bought another Microsoft product and don't ever intend to. I hope 
>Microsoft goes belly up and Gates ends up selling pencils on the 
>street corner.

He'd probably make another squillion -- have you priced pencils 
lately? ;-)


Cheers, Phred.

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