"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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>>>> "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
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>>>>>> 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!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Alias
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Oh, that is priceless! Thanks for sharing. :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> "Software is like sex, it's better when it's free."
>>>>>> - Linus Torvalds
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> <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
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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..[/color]

I don't really consider myself a loyal follower, but rather like the
appearance of their systems, including the workings, even though I lately
prefer the use of FF over IE, for reasons unbeknown to me.
One just has to 'be careful out there'. <H>.
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> Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experience
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