Re: A New Reality in Computing!
From: Linda B (someone_at_microsoft.com)
Date: 02/10/05
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Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 09:59:50 -0800
Chinese poisoning Americans with lead capes? Symantec ignoring you "at
their own peril"? Your "ties to the U.S. government?" God "protecting"
America with a spiritual shield?
We're going to find Dan on a water tower with a sniper rifle someday...
"Dan" <spamyou@user.nec> wrote in message
news:#EpT$Q5DFHA.1396@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> I like Microsoft and have a good relationship with them but this will not
> prevent me from criticizing Microsoft when they make a mistake. I wrote
> Microsoft letters in support of the 9x code which is based upon MS-DOS and
> why they need to continue to support 98, 98SE and ME. Fortunately, the
calls
> were heard and critical support is provided until 30 June 2006. I find
the
> PR move on Microsoft's part funny that they say the reason that they are
> extending the deadline of support of critical updates through Windows
update
> is to cater to 3rd world countries. Yeah Right, it was only because so
many
> people still use 98SE (9x coded) that Microsoft caved and extended
support.
> I feel that 3rd world countries had little or nothing to do with it
although
> that sounds good on paper. LOL!! When 98, 98SE, and ME expire Microsoft
> needs to sell or possibly even give as a goodwill gesture the source code
of
> 9x to the open-source community to allow the open source community to
> continue to develop 98SE and make it the most awesome and powerful
operating
> system on the planet. This will provide much needed competition to
> Microsoft, continue much needed software innovation, show that Microsoft
> really cares about individuals, etc. Finally, Longhorn needs to include a
> true maintenance operating system and give up the MS-DOS emulator that the
NT
> (New Technology) source code in effect stole from the 9x based source
code.
> I know that Chris Quirke, MVP and Gary S. Terhune, MVP could help in the
area
> of Windows Development in order to make a true, good and new maintenance
> operating system for NT. It used to be called Not There by Techs at
> Microsoft in the early days of Microsoft because the techs realized that
NT
> sucked and it was really poor as compared to MS-DOS. I also remember when
> IBM competed and had their OS/2 and their own version of DOS which was
called
> IBM-DOS. Now IBM, is thinking of selling out to the Chinese. What is
going
> on in America today. China is not a democracy. It has a weird mix of
> communism, socialism and other stuff. I do not want part of IBM going to
the
> Chinese. America has enough trouble dealing with budgets, the trade
deficit,
> and for some weird reason we continue to import junk from China even
though
> some of it has warnings that it contains lead which is a known toxin. The
$1
> black capes that we sell at Target and other Chinese stuff has this
warning.
> Are the Chinese trying to poison Americans through the use of lead in
their
> products that they sell to the U.S.A.. That is my question of the day.
> Currently, I am a Target Team Specialist in the Southwestern U.S.A. I am
> also a programmer and started out when I was 7 years old when my dad
bought
> our household an IBM-PCjr and began teaching me BASIC programming. I have
> continued in the field since then and I am now in my 20's, loving life and
> enjoying different programming languages on PC's. Microsoft also needs to
> make products that allow automatic unistalling of associated registry keys
to
> allow the registry to stay clean and not gunk it up too much and force a
> tech. like me to manually remove associated registry keys. Norton (aka
> Symantec) SystemWorks 2005 is a perfect example of a product that contains
> too many registry keys that you must manually unistall after removing
their
> products. I highly dislike Norton products and will only allow Norton
GoBack
> on my machine since it is a great product and it used to be owned by
Roxio.
> I use Norton GoBack to protect my 98SE side and use the default System
> Restore to protect the XP PRO. side. Microsoft needs to come out with a
> stand-alone System Restore product that can compete with Norton GoBack so
I
> can finally get rid of all Symantec traces on my machine. Symantec
support
> sucks and I have tried contacting them and they ignore me but Symantec
will
> ignore me at their own peril since I also have ties to the U.S.
government.
> Have a great day, everyone!!!
>
>
>
> "Alias" <aka@maskedandanonymous.com> wrote in message
> news:370u5vF56c4e8U1@individual.net...
> :
> : "Leythos" <void@nowhere.lan> wrote
> :
> : >>> Fact, if you install more copies that you are licensed to install
> : >>> then you deprive the company of revenue - this means your a thief -
> : >>> simple.
> :
> : Um, the software was purchased. That's all the "revenue" they deserve.
Any
> : more is called "greed" and paying twice for the same thing. The
licensing
> is
> : a scam, whether Adobe or MS do it. Making someone pay twice or thrice or
> : more for the same thing is theft, son. Course what's coming down the
pike
> : from highway robbers like MS will be even worse and I am sure you will
> : approve and defend it to our death.
> : --
> : Alias
> :
> : Use the Reply to Sender feature of your news reader program to email me.
> : Utiliza Responder al Remitente para mandarme un mail.
> :
> :
>
>
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