"webster72n" <webster72n******.com> wrote in message
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> "Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@mvps.org> wrote in message
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>> "webster72n" <webster72n******.com> wrote in message
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>>> "Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@mvps.org> wrote in message
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>>>> "The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina
>>>> DiBoy'" <me211@privacy.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:grm84p$tgk$1@aioe.org...
>>>>> Alias wrote:
>>>>>> [url]http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9131339[/url]
>>>>>> Now ain't that nice, MS gets fined for stealing WPA. The irony! MS
>>>>>> gets conviction of stealing the program they use to make sure no one
>>>>>> steals from them!
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>>>>>> Alias
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh, that is priceless! Thanks for sharing. :)
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>>>>> "Software is like sex, it's better when it's free."
>>>>> - Linus Torvalds
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>>>>> DRM and unintended consequences:
>>>>> [url]http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=435&tag=nl.e101[/url]
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>>>> Its states an infringement of a patent, not theft directly. Either way,
>>>> it has cost MS dear..
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>>> Why in the world would MS do something like this?
>>> They must have thought it was worth the price.
>>> I took Bill Gates for smarter than that.
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>>> <H>.
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>>>> Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experience
>>>> [url]http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/[/url]
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>> We may never know that, but the assumption by most, right or wrong, will
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> Exactly and that's also why I am quite disappointed. They are taking
> advantage of their 'loyal' followers, which in my opinion is despicable.
> <H>.
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>> Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experience
>> [url]http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/[/url][/color]
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Microsoft always manages to get itself into high profile incidents, aided
and abetted by those who do not particularly like Microsoft. So we get to
hear about more or less everything they do, be it good or bad. Were we to
hear about all breaches by all companies, loyal followers like you would be
permanently disappointed by just about everything..


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Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experience
[url]http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/[/url]