Re: Giantantispywareupdater
- From: "Alias" <aka@[notme]maskedandanonymous.org>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 01:17:00 +0200
"James" <leushinonospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Alias wrote:
>> "James" <leushinonospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:eGfx6YgkFHA.2644@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>>Alias wrote:
>>>
>>>>"James" <leushinonospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Alias wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>"James" <leushinonospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>"old" devildog wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Giving it away to the public beta testers -- yes. But I can promise
>>>>>>>>you it will be included in "VISTA". Then you have to pay for when
>>>>>>>>you pay for "VISTA". I can promise you MS does nothing that doesn't
>>>>>>>>bring a profit. I removed it when the def files defined my
>>>>>>>>anti-virus (Trend-Micro) and my firewall (Sygate) as spyware and
>>>>>>>>shut both of them down and tried to remove them. Wouldn't try it
>>>>>>>>again. If forced to use "VISTA", in the future, I can promise to
>>>>>>>>disable MSAS, as well as any of the so called protection afforded by
>>>>>>>>their "firewall".
>>>>>>>>I am not anti-Microsoft, just a customer wanting what he was
>>>>>>>>promised and paid for ( 200 bucks this time around). A safe,
>>>>>>>>reliable OS, that doesn't crash all the time.
>>>>>>>>XP is not there yet. I don't think "VISTA" ( VISTA what was billy
>>>>>>>>boy thinking when he approved at) will be any different.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>"old" devildog
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>And why shouldn't MS look to make a profit. It's called free
>>>>>>>enterprise. It's the way we businesses operate. There are no free
>>>>>>>rides in this life. I don't blame MS in the least for looking for
>>>>>>>ways to make money.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>There's a difference between making money and highway robbery.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Alias
>>>>>
>>>>>Oh don't be so silly. Highway robbery, indeed.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Indeed.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>For crying out loud. If you don't want to purchase a new operating
>>>>>system, no one is forcing you.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Yes, they are and your crying outloud about it doesn't make it not so.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>If you don't like Microsoft's pricing structure, no one is forcing you
>>>>>to stay with Microsoft.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Yes, they are.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>There are other alternative.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Not really. Linux is not an viable alternative and Mac's OS won't work
>>>>on my PCs.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Robbery is when you are forced to surrender your goods. No one is
>>>>>forcing you to do anything.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>MS is forcing me to buy Windows. Ergo, highway robbery. Not only am I
>>>>forced to buy Windows, I am forced to activate and validate it and who
>>>>knows what is next to keep it up-to-date.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>But I've a feeling that you as well as several others here, love to
>>>>>whine and complain about Microsoft. It's the "in" thing to do... it's
>>>>>vogue. Right?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>It has nothing to with what is in vogue, although your comments most
>>>>certainly do on these newsgroups.
>>>>
>>>>Alias
>>>
>>>Not really. This IS a Microsoft newsgroup and I would expect that most
>>>who come here come either to get help or to offer help. Pouring scorn and
>>>contempt on Microsoft, it seems to me, is juvenile behavior.
>>
>>
>> You can't address the issues so you come back with a trusty old ad
>> hominem attack, eh? How infantile and amateurish. I never said I was
>> unhappy with Windows. I love Windows. I said I was unhappy with the HIGH
>> price and that it's highway robbery and the only thing you can come up
>> with is a lying insult.
>>
>> Alias
> Nonsense. You get what you pay for in this world. Microsoft products are
> reasonably priced
You call over 400 US dollars for XP Home "reasonably priced"!?
>> and if you LOVE Windows, you will PAY for it. <<
I have, three times, once for each machine. Fortunately, I know enough not
to buy the retail version.
It is
> NOT highway robbery since you are NOT FORCED to purchase it.
Yes, I am. I only know windows. I don't know how to install Linux; don't
have the time to learn it either. I need to use my computer, not configure
it and learn how to use it again. It took me 8 years to get where I am not
and I am not getting any younger.
> There are FREE alternatives.
That 99% of the computer users of the world cannot install, configure or
use.
> That is the long and short of it. Period. You don't like them apples? No
> one is forcing you to make the purchase. There are no lies here... no
> insults. I'm dealing in reality which you're refusing to face. In truth it
> is YOU who are dealing in lies, insults and ad hominems.
Name one lie, insult or ad hominem that I have used.
Alias
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