__/ [ Jim ] on Tuesday 04 July 2006 19:50 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> __/ [ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Tuesday 04 July 2006 13:58 \__
>>
>>
>>>Quote:
>>>---------------
>>>A second class-action lawsuit filed in less than a week against
>>>Microsoft alleges that a central pillar of the company's anti-piracy
>>>effort - installed automatically on millions of computers - amounts
>>>to spyware.
>>>
>>>[But first lawsuit is losing strength...]
>>>
>>>The second suit, filed Friday on behalf of a group of Washington
>>>businesses and individuals, appears to refer to a test version of
>>>Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA), a Microsoft program that is designed
>>>to check whether a user is running a legitimate copy of the company's
>>>operating system software.
>>>
>>>Before it was updated, WGA "phoned home" to Microsoft servers once a
>>>day, delivering information about a user's computer and operating
>>>system. This daily communication was not disclosed when WGA was
>>>installed and fits the definition of spyware offered by at least two
>>>computer security groups, the Washington suit alleges.
>>>
>>>It also states that users who elected to receive automatic updates from
>>>Microsoft "received WGA without user action, as though it was a
>>>critical security update - which it is not."
>>>--------------
>>>End quote
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003103175_microsoft04.html
>>
>> If two class-action lawsuit are successful, will Windows users receive
>> double the damages? *grin*
>
> great, two lots of vouchers redeemable against shit I don't want.
No, no software coupons will be acceptable. Only American States seem to
accept these insults, with the exception of a few. Monetary compensation is
the only way to go.
Best wishes,
Roy
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