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Article #788Re: Windows 95 testing halted at Motorola
From: Bruce Scott TOK
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 1995 13:42
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 1995 13:42
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All these people telling us, "don't worry, the user is asked permission to transmit the data to Microsoft and if s/he says no the data are not transmitted", are forgetting one very important point: These days, not only are the majority of personal computers running Windows by default rather than choice, the majority of installations are either factory or dealer installations. Most of these will say "yes" when Microsoft's Registration Wizard asks for something, because they will want to be seen as cooperative. The average user will not know that s/he has no privacy. As several posters have stated, this monstrosity should not be allowed to exist as part of an operating system. -- Mach's gut! Bruce Scott The deadliest bullshit is Max-Planck-Institut fuer Plasmaphysik odorless and transparent bds@ipp-garching.mpg.de -- W Gibson
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!ipp-garching.mpg.de!bds From: bds@ipp-garching.mpg.de (Bruce Scott TOK ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.terminals.tty5620,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel,alt.2600,alt.destroy.microsoft Subject: Re: Windows 95 testing halted at Motorola Date: 9 Aug 1995 13:42:46 GMT Organization: Rechenzentrum der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft in Garching Distribution: inet Message-ID: <40ae0m$1lol@sat.ipp-garching.mpg.de> References: <4006km$4os@questor.org> <adtDCuMxJ.8yq@netcom.com> <pharmacy-0508952141310001@dialup-5-145.gw.umn.edu> <402fqd$qp0@data.interserv.net> <402k4r$brh@sundog.tiac.net> <adtDCz5zD.2tG@netcom.com> <807882390.27297@support2.demon.net> <adtDD0A2D.HAt@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: s4bds.aug.ipp-garching.mpg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]