Michael Jardeen: ...one OS to rule them all!The saga of a company, a bunch of lawsuits, lawyers, competitors, <br>and...oh yea, sometimes some software.(Untitled)- September 25, 2003 Security Report Puts Blame On MS Viruses, worms and other cyber-attacks that are crippling computers with increasing frequency cannot be stopped as long as the software of one company -- Microsoft Corp. -- dominates computing, according to a paper prepared by corporate technology officers and researchers. "The security situation is deteriorating," says the report, which is to be released today. With Microsoft operating systems used on more than 90 percent of the world's personal computers,...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100258/categories/inTheLandOfMsWhereShadowsLie/2003/09/24.html#a... (Untitled)- September 6, 2003 Microsoft: Asia not playing fair... A plan by Japan, China and South Korea to develop an operating system alternative to Microsoft's Windows software could raise concerns over fair competition, Microsoft said Friday. Japan, the world's second-largest economy, made a proposal at an Asian economic summit this week to build an inexpensive and trustworthy open-source operating system that would be based on a system such as Linux, which can be copied and modified freely. "We'd like to see...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100258/categories/inTheLandOfMsWhereShadowsLie/2003/09/06.html#a... (Untitled)- September 6, 2003 Microsoft settles Be suit for $23 mil Microsoft announced late Friday that it will pay more than $23 million to settle an antitrust suit filed by onetime operating system rival Be. Microsoft did not admit wrongdoing in the settlement, in which Be will receive $23.2 million after attorneys' fees. The total amount Microsoft will pay was not immediately clear from a joint statement by the two companies...more CNET News HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100258/categories/inTheLandOfMsWhereShadowsLie/2003/09/06.html#a... (Untitled)- September 4, 2003 Another day, another MS security hole! Recently on a mail list I made an analogy between Microsoft and car theft. The response from people was to defend Microsoft in light of all the recent problems. My claim was that MS is like the person who leaves the keys in their car for a car thief. They responded: "Just because someone left their keys in their ignition does not give the right for CRIMINALS to steal the car." I replied: "After you had your 50th car stolen, no insurance company would...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100258/categories/inTheLandOfMsWhereShadowsLie/2003/09/04.html#a... |