Interesting article about window ethics-free practices

[Bill Campbell]

On Thu, Jun 08, 2006, Bob Hemus wrote:
>From: "Collins Richey" <crichey at gmail.com>
...
>> http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/06/06/1832223&from=rss
>
>This really caught my eye.
>
>Why they do it
>
>The answer, of course, is money. Security firms look on more secure 
>alternatives to Windows as a threat to their bottom line. It is in their 
>best interest to slow down the migration of users from Windows to any 
>alternative platform, simply because any alternative platform is going to a 
>better job of providing security than Microsoft has done, or seems capable 
>of doing.

I've been saying the same things for at least a decade now.

Being in Washington State, where a major chunk of the economy
depends on the Redmond Raptor, I see this every day.  People
close their eyes to Windows' security problems, and Microsoft's
business practices when it threatens their jobs.

My wife keeps telling me how rich we would be if we had bought
Microsoft stock 20 years ago, and I responde that I would rather
invest in honest crime like the Mafia than profit from Microsoft's 
ill-gotten gains.

Bill
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