Let the facts speak for themselves

And of course, that is the group that I sent the message out a few days ago that MS is funding so naturally the are completely unbiased...

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From: dennisk@sahuaro.f2s.com [mailto:dennisk@sahuaro.f2s.com]
Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 12:03 PM
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Subject: Let the facts speak for themselves


May 31, 2002

A Microsoft funded white paper titled "Opening the Open Source Debate"
published by AdTI makes this statement:

"Another security concern is that the primary distribution channel for GPL open
source is the Internet. As opposed to proprietary vendors, open source is
freely downloaded. However, software in the public domain could contain a
critical problem, a backdoor or worse, a dangerous virus."

June 14, 2002

News.com breaks the story that Microsoft distributed Nimda-infected CDs of
Visual Studio .Net in Korea.

And M$ wonders why no one takes "Trustworthy Computing" seriously.

<sigh>

Dennis Kibbe


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