 FDiskO.O?
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Re: This like Lavasoft are a bunch of traitor wooses.
This is why AntiSpyware should be done by a corporation like Microsoft. They got better lawyers, more money, and will sue back and win without thinking about it to much.
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 JakCrow
join:2001-12-06
Palo Alto, CA | And are probably more likely to form business relationships with the spyware vendors than other entities. |
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 Doctor FourMy other vehicle is a TARDISPremium
join:2000-09-05
Dallas, TX | reply to FDisk
said by FDisk:Lavasoft are a bunch of traitor wooses. This is why AntiSpyware should be done by a corporation like Microsoft. They got better lawyers, more money, and will sue back and win without thinking about it to much. That could set a precedent. If Microsoft calls it spyware,
then others have the legal standing to do so as well. As
much as some people like to bash Redmond over various
things, it would be nice to see them start a class action
lawsuit against Hotbar, iDownload and other spyware
vendors on behalf of millions of Windows users who get
this crap on their systems.
Oh, and Hotbar IS spyware. So sue me. Those morons have
no legal standing anyway. Maybe we should start calling
their lawyers cartooneys (as in the cartooney legal
threats spammer make). To paraphrase a part of Rule #3
from the
Rules Of Spam :
Spammer's Spyware Vendor's Standard of Discourse:
Threats and intimidation trump facts and logic.
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said by JakCrow:And are probably more likely to form business relationships with the spyware vendors than other entities. nuff said. |
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said by JakCrow:And are probably more likely to form business relationships with the spyware vendors than other entities. What would Microsoft gain from forming a business relationship with a company that uses shady software practices, extorts, and fully utilizes software vulnerabilities which Microsoft is trying to fix. I don't think a company that has made security in its products a priority would try to tarnish that by forming any kind of relationship with a scumware vendor. Ever heard of a bank forming relationships with thieves? |
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Actually this is most likely whats going to happen to MS.
Hotbar in front of a Judge: "Microsoft is using their Monopoly in Operating systems to promote their MSN toolbar, and using their antispyware application to uninstall us because we're the competition and their a big bad monopoly. WAAAAAAA!!!!"
It doesn't matter if Hotbar formats your harddrive or whatever it does. it's a search bar for IE made by a company, MS has the MSN Toolbar which is a competitor, and one of MS's products removes it saying it's malicious but allows the MSN one. Sounds like antitrust to me. and it will to the judge as well, The'll force MS to cough up money and remove the detect from MSAS. |
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join:2004-02-02
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said by heathcpe:What would Microsoft gain from forming a business relationship with a company that uses shady software practices...Ever heard of a bank forming relationships with thieves? No...but then again, it isn't like Microsoft has a perfect history of playing fair, now is it? A crook can most certainly learn from another crook, my friend.  |
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prawna7
join:2004-02-12
Los Angeles, CA | reply to SmD Frylock
It pains me to see people frequently get this wrong...
(1) there: commonly used when describing a place or the presence of something
(2) their: commonly used to describe ownership of something
(3) they're: same as "they are" used to describe something directly
He should have used #3. |
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FDiskO.O?
join:2003-08-18
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said by SmD Frylock:Actually this is most likely whats going to happen to MS. Hotbar in front of a Judge: "Microsoft is using their Monopoly in Operating systems to promote their MSN toolbar, and using their antispyware application to uninstall us because we're the competition and their a big bad monopoly. WAAAAAAA!!!!" It doesn't matter if Hotbar formats your harddrive or whatever it does. it's a search bar for IE made by a company, MS has the MSN Toolbar which is a competitor, and one of MS's products removes it saying it's malicious but allows the MSN one. Sounds like antitrust to me. and it will to the judge as well, The'll force MS to cough up money and remove the detect from MSAS. "MSN Toolbar" is not spyware or whatever. You can easily choose not to install it, or if you already have it installed you can easily remove it.
Try doing that with "Hotbar"
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