Re: Microsoft AntiSpyware - First Impressions

[Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu]

On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 12:52:58 CST, Kyle Maxwell said:

> It may not be perfect (I thought the Spyware Community was essentially
> sending back to a central site, didn't realize it was P2P, this
> requires a closer look) but at a minimum it's nice to see MS giving
> this some attention. Fix the IE holes and security model and maybe
> we'd go even further... But that's a flame war for another day.

How much will Joe Sixpack pay for a fixed IE, given that the current broken
one is marketed as a mandatory free anal suppository, and Firefox is free?

How much will Joe Sixpack pay for a fixed security model, when he wouldn't
recognize one if it bit him where the IE was inserted?

How much will Joe Sixpack pay for "Spyware Prevention" if it's accompanied
by a slick ad campaign, (like AOL's current "I want my computer to suffer
a complete system meltdown" ads...)?

Remember - Microsoft is a business and wants to maximize the profit, even if
it means shipping sub-standard product and then charging extra to fix the issues...

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