The Microsoft Protection Racket

bonch writes "Dvorak writes about the 'Microsoft protection racket' in his latest column--'charging real money for any sort of add-on, service, or new product that protects clients against flaws in its own operating system.' Dvorak argues that someone took a look at the expense of Microsoft's monthly 'Patch Tuesday' and decided to find a way to make money from it instead of fix the code (e.g., abandoning the use of the registry)." I enjoy salt with my Dvorak, but that's just me.

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I can write on PC Magazine too!

[xtracto]

Why doesn't the company just bite the bullet and bring out various exploitable versions? Here are some suggestions:

        Vista - Won't Boot Edition... $29.95
        Vista - Preloaded with Viruses and Spyware Edition... $39.95
        Vista - Initially Clean but Use at Your Own Risk Edition... $49.95
        Vista - Clean with Firewall and Weekly Protection Update Edition... $200

This sounds like a typical slashdot rant from a Slashdot Linux Zealot... how can he be able to write this crap, and be paid for that?

This man is a total Troll... of course this time because he is writing about Microsoft, on slashdot he will get a +10 Insightful moderation ...

I still remember

[olddotter]

I remember when Tech reporters we too afraid to every say anything publicly critical of MS. Seeing articles like this, regarless of their technical usefulness, does mean we are moving in the right direction. Moving slowly I'll grant you, but moving all the same.

I once predicted that historiclly some year around 1997 to 1999 will be seen as the peak of MS influence in the tech world. Although it might take 20 years for the company to be weakened to a minor player, I think we are seeing MS in its declining years!

Re:Microsoft addresses Windows security concerns

[aklix]

No-Win huh? Well surely they don't use macs or linux. Maybe all those BSDers are right...