Much as I think XP is crap, it seems really absurd to complain to the FTC about it. I mean, when Morris exploited fingerd on countless UNIX boxes back in the 80's to propogate his worm, was it the FTC people complained to? If, prior to people breaking their fingers on their machines, I'd written something to see who was logged on all over the country, would people go screaming to the FTC? (Actually, I did monitor a few people with scripts that called finger, and would even rwall them with ascii art--well after the Morris worm.)
Everybody knows that XP is just another big brother waiting to happen, and anybody that uses it deserves everything they get. Let the free market reign.
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Much as I think XP is crap, it seems really absurd to complain to the FTC about it. I mean, when Morris exploited fingerd on countless UNIX boxes back in the 80's to propogate his worm, was it the FTC people complained to? If, prior to people breaking their fingers on their machines, I'd written something to see who was logged on all over the country, would people go screaming to the FTC? (Actually, I did monitor a few people with scripts that called finger, and would even rwall them with ascii art--well after the Morris worm.)
Everybody knows that XP is just another big brother waiting to happen, and anybody that uses it deserves everything they get. Let the free market reign.