Though this may not be the ultimate solution to the problem I tend to "fetch" my mail, either using POP or IMAP and remove the copy from the server. Though this does not save me from being eavesdropped, I still have the feeling that it will reduce the amount of information about me on the server side in the long run.
Yes, what a coincidence that we see this study now, right before the (forbidden) launch of Vista and the end of the lawsuit.
I also wonder whether the claim is true. The money for updating or migrating to MS Windows will have to be earned by the companties before being spent and it goes to Microsoft in the first place. However, spending it on research, education or migration to Linux would probably lead to a larger return on investment. Or in other words: Can you really tell to which kinds of additional profits the update to Vista will lead?
Usually the hardware designer produces a interface document that tells you what he thinks you should know. Once you have this document, there's usually dozens upon dozens of questions that the software writer has about the device.
The above hint makes clear that a single document may not always suffice, yes. But how can so many Linux enthusiasts write drivers by
reverse engineering Windows drivers? The X11 and framebuffer drivers for most SiS graphics chips are e.g., written by an attorney (Thomas
Winishhofer, see http://www.winischhofer.at/linuxsisvga.shtml/) who does the reverse engineering in his spare time.
So if drivers can emerge even under these tough circumstances a documentation would probably almost always ease the development, even
if it was a bad one.
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Though this may not be the ultimate solution to the problem I tend to "fetch" my mail, either using POP or IMAP and remove the copy from the server. Though this does not save me from being eavesdropped, I still have the feeling that it will reduce the amount of information about me on the server side in the long run.
Yes, what a coincidence that we see this study now, right before the (forbidden) launch of Vista and the end of the lawsuit.
I also wonder whether the claim is true. The money for updating or migrating to MS Windows will have to be earned by the companties before being spent and it goes to Microsoft in the first place. However, spending it on research, education or migration to Linux would probably lead to a larger return on investment. Or in other words: Can you really tell to which kinds of additional profits the update to Vista will lead?
The above hint makes clear that a single document may not always suffice, yes. But how can so many Linux enthusiasts write drivers by reverse engineering Windows drivers? The X11 and framebuffer drivers for most SiS graphics chips are e.g., written by an attorney (Thomas Winishhofer, see http://www.winischhofer.at/linuxsisvga.shtml/) who does the reverse engineering in his spare time.
So if drivers can emerge even under these tough circumstances a documentation would probably almost always ease the development, even if it was a bad one.