The comment wasn't MS bashing in any sense. The line about "not having expertise to use it" elicted my response. Everybody has to start somewhere - I know I didn't just sit at a terminal and start re-writing the init scripts - and where better to start then with free hardware and software?
Why would this be an issue for *corporate* desktops, which generally have controlled policies on what is installed in place? What's installed is what you need, not what you want.
Besides that, you could use apt-get or similar to take the place of tools like Radia et al.
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The comment wasn't MS bashing in any sense. The line about "not having expertise to use it" elicted my response. Everybody has to start somewhere - I know I didn't just sit at a terminal and start re-writing the init scripts - and where better to start then with free hardware and software?
According to MS, while you can give people free software or computers, they won't have the expertise to use it."
Well, you've got to start somewhere.
If these records are as exhaustive as they seem to be, what are the risks of blackmail?
High, IMO.
Why would this be an issue for *corporate* desktops, which generally have controlled policies on what is installed in place? What's installed is what you need, not what you want.
Besides that, you could use apt-get or similar to take the place of tools like Radia et al.
What I like to call a "we-know-they-know-that-we-know-what-they-know" situation.
"Our pre-emptive-emptive-emptive strike will fool them!"