On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 12:52:58 CST, Kyle Maxwell said: > It may not be perfect (I thought the Spyware Community was essentially > sending back to a central site, didn't realize it was P2P, this > requires a closer look) but at a minimum it's nice to see MS giving > this some attention. Fix the IE holes and security model and maybe > we'd go even further... But that's a flame war for another day. How much will Joe Sixpack pay for a fixed IE, given that the current broken one is marketed as a mandatory free anal suppository, and Firefox is free? How much will Joe Sixpack pay for a fixed security model, when he wouldn't recognize one if it bit him where the IE was inserted? How much will Joe Sixpack pay for "Spyware Prevention" if it's accompanied by a slick ad campaign, (like AOL's current "I want my computer to suffer a complete system meltdown" ads...)? Remember - Microsoft is a business and wants to maximize the profit, even if it means shipping sub-standard product and then charging extra to fix the issues...
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