From: Mike '/m' 

On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 22:19:58 -0400, "Geo"  wrote:

>"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
>news:9q8oi1ppm3oiu5kb5fq20dgskbbhfohcdb{at}4ax.com...
>
>> Of course that will never happen.  Making it easier for the end-user to
>> get and maintain control over his/her computer is just not as high on
>> Microsoft's priority list as is selling out those same users to the
>> media content companies.
>
>In fact it's in conflict with the selling out the users goal. If you can't
>install software that can allow itself out to narc on the user and give away
>his information, then how are you going to get that information?

Exactly.  That falls under my "get and maintain control of my own
computer" category.

One of the main reasons why I am looking elsewhere for the OS on my PC is
the exact reason that with Windows I feel less and less in control of my
PERSONAL computer with each new visit to Windows Update.

 /m

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