__/ [ Roy Culley ] on Sunday 11 June 2006 11:38 \__
> begin risky.vbs
> <2269165.sqdlDVnUiv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> __/ [ Tim Smith ] on Sunday 11 June 2006 07:03 \__
>>
>>> In article <2823995.CK4XWpoksD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>> Many loud rants about this particular one
>>>
>>> Yet there don't seem to be any rants about the numerous other
>>> services that work the same way. For example, my satellite TV
>>> automatically bills me, until I cancel. My "World of Warcraft"
>>> subscription works the same way. My audible.com membership also
>>> works that way. I believe my web hosting works that way, too.
>>
>> Sorry. You missed the point completely.
To elaborate, let us use water supplies as an analogy. You are being charges
for your consumption of water, Correct? How would you feel (or fill) if the
supplier began shipping you anti-biotics, charging the same account from
which the water bill is depleted? They would say that you risk deadly
infections if you resist this 'add-on'...
> Exactly. It is amazing how windows users just accept that they must
> keep on paying in the often vain hope of their system not becoming
> infected due to a badly designed OS.
Only by coming from the other side of the fence (secure O/S) can a user truly
appreciate security and be longer blind to extortion and woe. The IT world
is overly occupied with security (or lack thereof), which is highlighted as
a bug, *NOT* a function.
> How MS have the gall to charge an annual fee for OneCare beggers
> belief. Even more remarkable is that windows users just accept the
> need to buy SW just so that their PC remains usable.
OneCare - That's where Microsoft opened the door to mockery. More and more
(non-technical) people are coming to grasp what you pointed out. And they
are not happy!
Best wishes,
Roy
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