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On Fri, 9 May 2003 21:47:29 +0100
LinuxWorld999
On Friday 09 May 2003 21:37, Fred A. Miller wrote:
Microsoft faces steep fines over Passport
<snip> I do find it surprising that given m$'s flaky reputation as far as security is concerned, people actually trust M$ to protect their confidential data. A bit like asking the local gangster and armed robber to look after one's money. :(
Might trust SuSE though :)
Yeah, I always wonder about that. Since Microsoft is a public company, what if a rich gangster consortium decided to buy them out, and put their people in control. It might cost them a fortune, but the payoff could be huge since they would be able to have access to all that "Microsoft-protected data" out there. If Microsoft wants to keep pushing itself as some kind of "standard OS" which is to be required by everyone, then maybe they should be made into a public utility, under government oversight. -- use Perl; #powerful programmable prestidigitation