Max Wanadoo
max.wanadoo at gmail.com
Thu Oct 1 04:23:16 CDT 2009
Yes, that is why I don't think they will change position. This is what I meant by "anti-....". They know that the EU will look for any excuse to jump in. Max -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Peter Brawley Sent: 01 October 2009 03:49 To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Free security software from Microsoft Max, >MS has never done this (insisted you use IE) and I doubt if they will do so >now. There are so many anti-this and anti-that against them they tread very >carefully. Not exactly perhaps, but those "anti-..." measures result from courts in Europe, and even in the US, finding MS guilty of trying to enforce IE as a monopoly browser; nice summary at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft. PB -----/**/ Max Wanadoo wrote: > Bob, > > MS has never done this (insisted you use IE) and I doubt if they will do so > now. There are so many anti-this and anti-that against them they tread very > carefully. > > > Max > > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bob Geldart > Sent: 30 September 2009 23:28 > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Free security software from Microsoft > > > Not a problem with requiring _licensed_ copies of Windows. > > My concern was more that MS might they require IE be the default > browser, or require the latest version or patch, or require that > non-MS products be uninstalled. > > Bob > > At 9/30/2009 05:20 PM, you wrote: > >> Isn't there some kind of moral reason for them to NOT require genuine MS >> Windows? By denying it to people who have pirated copies, it stops them >> > from > >> cleaning up their computers, and allows them to continue to try to infect >> ours. Why should I suffer because someone can't install MS security tools? >> >> >> Jon >> >> > sors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.115/2405 - Release Date: 09/30/09 10:35:00 > > _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com