I don't disagree that it should be illegal, but in a "free" country the government wouldn't have the right to mandate wages or what an employer wants to pay a man vs a women for a contract that both parties enter into voluntarily.
Putting aside older Windows XP machines which did not have the fix (and for which users who care about security shouldn't be running since there is no longer patch support for the platform) - Microsoft had rolled out the fix for their other Windows platforms well before WannaCry came out. What difference does the OS make if the user isn't going to be diligent in keeping their OS updated with security patches?
If they want to avoid the ire of our President when they only lay off Americans. It sounds like I'm joking but I'm not - this is the type of perverse unintended consequences that government intervention brings.
Option A) Turn automatic updates ON and risk Microsoft making your machine unusable due to a faulty update
Option B) Turn automatic updates OFF and risk Microsoft making your machine unusable due to the absence of a security update
Microsoft is the source of a bug they've known about for months and is causing thousands of users to have their data held captive but somehow I have a "narrative". Sounds like you're the one with a narrative.
Sorry, but one of our programmers leaned on his keyboard while eating lunch and wouldn't you know, it caused the driver he was working on to start logging keystrokes and storing them into a file.
I would agree except that the government's fiscal and monetary intervention which creates jobs in the short-to-mid term also destroys the economy in the long term.
I know - their debt went toward social welfare programs, so at least the money went partially to the people. In contrast our debt was used to blow up sand mines in the middle east and bailing out usurers.
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I don't disagree that it should be illegal, but in a "free" country the government wouldn't have the right to mandate wages or what an employer wants to pay a man vs a women for a contract that both parties enter into voluntarily.
Problem with that line of reasoning is the government's single drop of water has a tendency to turn into a rushing river of regulation and costs.
Fantastic actor.
A Delta Customer service agent will be right with you.
Humans are just a phase.
But the same would be true if the NSA found a vulnerability in Linux and didn't tell anybody.
Putting aside older Windows XP machines which did not have the fix (and for which users who care about security shouldn't be running since there is no longer patch support for the platform) - Microsoft had rolled out the fix for their other Windows platforms well before WannaCry came out. What difference does the OS make if the user isn't going to be diligent in keeping their OS updated with security patches?
You're misinformed:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik...
If they want to avoid the ire of our President when they only lay off Americans. It sounds like I'm joking but I'm not - this is the type of perverse unintended consequences that government intervention brings.
And where in that long document does Microsoft describe how they use your information to deliver the Windows 10 start menu ads?
Option A) Turn automatic updates ON and risk Microsoft making your machine unusable due to a faulty update
Option B) Turn automatic updates OFF and risk Microsoft making your machine unusable due to the absence of a security update
Google discloses what personal information they sell, whereas Microsoft does not. So you're correct, they're in no way equivalent.
You actually have to pay Microsoft for the privilege of their apps spying on you (Windows 10), whereas Google at least does it for free.
Microsoft is the source of a bug they've known about for months and is causing thousands of users to have their data held captive but somehow I have a "narrative". Sounds like you're the one with a narrative.
They truly are a reborn company.
Right, because to build roads and highways in a city it means you have to raze every single house in that city. [x] logic checks out.
Roads and highways are there for a reason. Pyrrhic victory.
I'll just go ahead and ship out this paper with a catchy headline and use the buzz for my next grant application.
Sorry, but one of our programmers leaned on his keyboard while eating lunch and wouldn't you know, it caused the driver he was working on to start logging keystrokes and storing them into a file.
Because I have no choice in the matter. Same as for Microsoft.
I would agree except that the government's fiscal and monetary intervention which creates jobs in the short-to-mid term also destroys the economy in the long term.
I know - their debt went toward social welfare programs, so at least the money went partially to the people. In contrast our debt was used to blow up sand mines in the middle east and bailing out usurers.
Not, but it explains why the US Treasury and Federal Reserve have incurred trillions of debt to maintain the appearance of a healthy economy.
And next year they're planning one with Daffy Duck.
They have. The Surface Pro 3 came out of Microsoft's Applied Science Group.