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Microsoft Settlement Compliance Criticized
Jeremy Allison - Samba Team writes "A report on the Microsoft "release" of communication protocols, as required by the proposed settlement. Article from the Washington Post. Speaking for the Samba Team, we can't look at these documents as they require signing an NDA before even getting the terms of release. Jeremy Allison,
Samba Team."
I am going to sign up, use the passport ID, sign the NDA, and eat the cost of obtaining the information. BUT, here is my way out. I am gonna do all this with a stock out-of-the-box windows machine. I will pasword protect everything the way the average windows user does. I will keep the protocal info on my hard drive in a password protected folder a-la M$ regulations. I will of course connect the computer to a DSL modem, so I can use IE and passport, at which point my IP will become availible for all to see. It is a shame that I couldn't keep those malicous hackers out, as the operating system failed. But I used it just the way MS gave it to me.....
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Your absolutely right. It also doesn't say they can't wipe there ass with the papers before they hand them over. Maybe they should do that too.
He doesn't need to make disparaging remarks, he can just quote from Judge Jacksons Findings of Fact :-)
I hereby inform you that I have NOT been required to provide any decryption keys.
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Sigs are bad for your health.
To summarize...
In order to gain access, a company would have to use Microsoft's "Passport" identity authentication system, then request and sign two forms - one of them promising secrecy - just to see the license terms and find how much Microsoft is charging for the information.
We're going to prevent this information from becoming usefull...
Microsoft spokesman Jim Desler called the protocol process straightforward. He said nondisclosure agreements are common in the industry...
Everybody does this...
The protocols are vital for competitors since Windows runs on about 90 percent of desktop computers..
Of course... We are everybody!
> It's a problem because you need to sign an NDA just to look at the licensing fees. That's the problem
So, what do you have to do to look at the NDA?
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I say let the weapons^H^H^H^H^H^H^H software inspectors have unrestricted access.
Because they use Windows, and it'd be silly to bomb something that already crashes incessantly. Seems like a waste of explosives to me.
I say a regime change is necessary.
I agree they have weapons of mass confusion and arent afraid to use them.
Yeah, the Dems really kicking Disney's ass over in Congress right now, aren't they?