hot off of slashdot

Mon, 1 Jul 2002 09:43:47 -0700

Almost as good as MicroSucks testifying in the anti-trust court that 
it would be dangerous to national security to release their source 
code since everyone (terrorists included) would know how bad it is 
and it would become exploitable [like it's not already]!

Gene

On 29 Jun 2002 at 15:33, plug@unfm00.com wrote:

> All the more reason not to use Microsoft Products.
> 
> Original Message:
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> From: tickticker tickticker@cox.net
> Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 10:28:33 -0700
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: hot off of slashdot
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> 
> it's not just interesting, it's kinda sickening...
> 
> Microsoft Media Player "Security Patch" Changes EULA Big Time
> Posted by CmdrTaco on Saturday June 29, @01:23PM 
> from the under-the-guise-of-security dept.
> MobyTurbo writes "In an article on BSD Vault a careful reader posts that in the latest Windows Media Player security patch, the EULA (the "license agreement" you click on) says that you give MS the right to install digital rights management software, and the right to disable any other programs 
which may circumvent DRM on your computer." So if you want your machine secure, you also want microsoft to have free reign on your PC. 
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