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Re: the Bill is overdue



Rick Tarara wrote:

Enough with the g** d*** Microsoft bashing. Nobody ever got a virus by
reading their email--only by foolishly opening an attachment that came from
somebody they didn't know.

Sorry, the facts are otherwise.

http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=PE_NIMDA.A

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms01-020.asp?frame=true

And it has NOT been Microsoft that obsoletes old software between versions
of their OS

Horsefeathers.

However, it
seems ironic that people do attack M$ for producing the same kind of
integrated OS and software system (with some hardware integration by
cooperating [or conspiring] with Intel) that everyone initially praised
Apple for doing.

Integration is the least of the issues.
The central issue is unlawful exploitation of monopoly power.

Cursing and throwing around a lot of non-facts will not prevent
the rest of us from discussing the facts.

Facts are available at:
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/ms_index.htm
especially:
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/f3800/msjudgex.htm