On Saturday 07 October 2006 12:32, Baishampayan Ghose wrote:
How can _you_ be sure that Windows is not spy-ware? Have you seen the source code? I guess you came to the conclusion by *trusting* what Microsoft claims. In that case, you have to trust what Microsoft is saying about GNU/Linux in its ``Get the facts'' campaign and the numerous independent studies funded by Microsoft.
I am _not_ trusting M$ at all. All I am saying is innocent until proven guilty. Drop the Windoze bashing for a while atleast! People associate Linux users == Windoze bashers. Is that a good thing?
The personal information that people mostly give away on the Internet comprises Email addresses, phone numbers, SSNs, etc. All those information is given away by the people themselves, unwittingly or not. But what about the information passed on to Redmond by Windows? Do you have _any_ idea about what that information is? Can you control it in any way? Do you still think this is FUD?
Ever bought a genuine copy of windows? The things they ask are quite trivial and nothing to be worried about. I dont find it intrusive that they check whether the copy of software running on my PC is genuine or not. If they are doing anything apart from that then they'll be bashed by a whole lot of users.