2009/6/7 Sean Healy <jalopeura@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > David McPaul wrote: >> >> I mostly find windows too political. >> >> When there is code written to check that I am using my computer only >> in microsoft approved ways then you know they no longer have the >> consumers interest in mind. > > Within hours of the release of XP, someone in China had hacked it and > release an unlicensed version. That code is an attempt to verify that > consumers have purchased a legitimate copy. Microsoft is a business, and > they want to make money. No, I am talking about the securepath audio/video stuff. It turns off hardware at it's discretion not mine. > Google is also a business. That is why they signed a deal with the Chinese > government to turn over information on users of their services in China, > information that could potentially lead to the arrest of those people. That > worries me a lot more than Microsoft's anti-piracy code. "Don't be evil." > Unless, of course, being evil turns profit. > > Don't get me wrong. I like what Google does for free software; I even > applied to be part of the Summer of Code. But the deal with China was a > hypocritical action, and they did it to make money. (It wasn't just Google, > either. All the big search engines did it.) Microsoft also acts illegally to protect their market share. Google makes mistakes but I don;t see them as deliberately out to destroy competition. Microsoft has always had the attitude of do anything to win. -- Cheers David