You Think You Own Your Computer? Think Twice. Microsoft Shows Who’s Boss.
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| The New Universal Windows Live Installer puts more than what you expect on
| pre-Vista systems: it installs Windows Desktop Search without prompting for
| user consent, or even just letting users know.
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| [...]
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| The New Universal Windows Live Installer puts more than what you expect on
| pre-Vista systems: it installs Windows Desktop Search without prompting for
| user consent, or even just letting users know...
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| [...]
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| Makes sense? BS. Or, as ZDNet puts it more politely: Microsoft dodging the
| real stealth update issues.... Makes sense? BS. Or, as ZDNet puts it more
| politely: Microsoft dodging the real stealth update issues.
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| [...]
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| User decides not to upgrade, Microsoft knows what’s better for the user, so
| enforces it’s (sic) will.
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| As if someone in Redmond decided they are not getting customer-love anyway,
| with their reputation being so bad, they might as well go for the full Monty:
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http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/09/14/you-think-you-own-your-computer-think-twice-microsoft-shows-whos-boss/
Nothing has changed (watch the links below). It's only getting worse.
Related:
Microsoft ties Windows Live services to OS in updates
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| Microsoft is tying its Windows Live services directly to its Windows OS.
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http://www.itworld.com/Comp/2218/070905mslivesvcs/index.html
A Software Maker Goes Up Against Microsoft
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| When quizzed on Microsoft's plans, Mr. Ballmer replied, "Our view is
| that virtualization is something that should be built into the
| operating system."
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/24/technology/24soft.html?ex=1172898000&en=bbca645a927ef7f8&ei=5099&partner=TOPIXNEWS
http://tinyurl.com/35jkur
Microsoft Finds Legal Defender in Justice Dept.
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| Nearly a decade after the government began its landmark effort to break
| up Microsoft, the Bush administration has sharply changed course by
| repeatedly defending the company both in the United States and abroad
| against accusations of anticompetitive conduct, including the recent
| rejection of a complaint by Google.
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| In the most striking recent example of the policy shift, the top
| antitrust official at the Justice Department last month urged state
| prosecutors to reject a confidential antitrust complaint filed by
| Google that is tied to a consent decree that monitors Microsoft's
| behavior. Google has accused Microsoft of designing its latest
| operating system, Vista, to discourage the use of Google's desktop
| search program, lawyers involved in the case said.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/10/business/10microsoft.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
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