[PLUG] Fwd: CG: Windows XP warning

[Sam Hunting <sam_hunting@yahoo.com>]

Friends don't let friends use Windows ...

S.


--- "John F. Sowa" <sowa@bestweb.net> wrote:
> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 12:14:10 -0500
> From: "John F. Sowa" <sowa@bestweb.net>
> Subject: CG: Windows XP warning
> To: undisclosed-recipients:;
> Reply-to: cg@cs.uah.edu
> 
> If anybody is using (or thinking of using) Microsoft's latest
> Windows XP operating system, please note the following words in
> the EULA (End User Licensing Agreement):
> 
>     "You acknowledge and agree that Microsoft may automatically check
>     the version of the Product and/or its components that you are
>     utilizing and may provide upgrades or fixes to the Product that
>     will be automatically downloaded to your Workstation Computer."
> 
> In other words, every user must agree to let MSFT have access to
> anything and everything on the computer.  For further discussion of
> this point, see an article in InfoWorld:
> 
>   
> http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/02/02/11/020211opfoster.xml
> 
> Following is the conclusion of the article:
> 
>    Both corporate and individual customers can choose to turn off
> Windows 
>    Auto-Update, the Microsoft officials pointed out....
> 
>    Well, swell. But if it is indeed Microsoft's intent to continue
> giving 
>    users the right to decline downloads, why has the company written
> its
>    XP agreements to force users to explicitly surrender that right?
> Are
>    customers supposed to ignore what the licenses say and just hope
>    Microsoft won't ever do what the terms say it can do? That's not a
>    concept that will make anyone other than Bill Gates feel very
> secure.
> 
> Bottom line:  If you have or are thinking of getting Windows XP, do
> not
> ever register your system with MSFT, make sure that you turn off the
> automatic update feature, do not use Microsoft IE to access the WWW,
> do not use Outlook to handle your email, and do not ever access any
> web
> site that is owned or controlled by MSFT.
> 
> Even then, you can't be totally sure that your computer will remain
> invisible from the great tower of Mordor.
> 
> John Sowa
>
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