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Microsoft's Software is Malware

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Re: Microsoft's Software is Malware

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Post by eka808 »

Oletros wrote: post #101
eka808 wrote: post #77

And after reading that, let's take a deep breath and think about Android. From my personal opinion, it's not better than and maybe worse : - Obligation of having a G+ account. Disable it is NOT straighforward at all and it will try to recreate himself often. - Personal content publicly uploaded/displayed in G+ account I had the bad surprise, and few friends also to see that the photos taken with my android phone were…

And, by the way, photo upload is opt in, it is disabled by default. And public sharing us disabled by default. If they have been uploaded and made public us because you did it.

I would say that the GUI related to that is sufficiently unclear for making you doing that without wanting it.

Moreover, If it was only me, I would say that I'm too stupid for understanding how it works but this happened to friends of mine also who are way too smart for doing that :)

Re: Microsoft's Software is Malware

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Post by frik »

scholia wrote: post #179
frik wrote: post #173

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can configure the Android firewall, done. Win10 firewall especially has a hardcoded whitelist for Microsoft phone home IP address ranges and domains - how evil is that? You would have to patch the kernel mode network driver dll to make sure Win10 won't phone home, a software firewall would still have to rely on Microsofts kernel mode dll. And why would one trust them anymore - they were the first company that han…

So did you actually read any of the links? > to make sure Win10 won't phone home Windows 10 is "Windows as a Service" and is continuously updated from the web, based on telemetry. It also runs on smartphones and games consoles. It includes notifications, cloud (OnDrive) integration and an intelligent assistant (similar to Siri, Google Now and Alexa).

Sure. But have your read my comment? Your second paragraph is really comical as an answer. But thanks for listing all negative things that many don't want. Win7 has non of them or can be deactivated. Win7 is great.

The problem is Microsoft trust their metrics too much. Since Office XP and WinXP the collect usage statistics (which can be turned off in all of their software except Win10!). Of course most power users and companies turn them off, that's why we got Ribbon bars in Office and Windows, and weird UI designs - based on skewed statistics. Windows as a service is probably a tipping point for Microsoft, we will see how it goes. WinPhone7-10, XBoxOne and Win8x aren't very successful. A new CEO, a new head of PR & brands and a new head of user interface design would do wonders.

Re: Microsoft's Software is Malware

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Post by Oletros »

eka808 wrote: post #181
Oletros wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And, by the way, photo upload is opt in, it is disabled by default. And public sharing us disabled by default. If they have been uploaded and made public us because you did it.

I would say that the GUI related to that is sufficiently unclear for making you doing that without wanting it. Moreover, If it was only me, I would say that I'm too stupid for understanding how it works but this happened to friends of mine also who are way too smart for doing that :)

Unclear? You have to enter in the setting and click a check box where it it clearly states that the pictures will be backed up.

But you're now changing the goalposts, facts are:

- There is no obligation of having a Google Plus account - Picture backup is disabled until you opt in - By default all the picture uploads are private

Re: Microsoft's Software is Malware

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Post by scholia »

frik wrote: post #182
scholia wrote: post #179

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So did you actually read any of the links? > to make sure Win10 won't phone home Windows 10 is "Windows as a Service" and is continuously updated from the web, based on telemetry. It also runs on smartphones and games consoles. It includes notifications, cloud (OnDrive) integration and an intelligent assistant (similar to Siri, Google Now and Alexa).

Sure. But have your read my comment? Your second paragraph is really comical as an answer. But thanks for listing all negative things that many don't want. Win7 has non of them or can be deactivated. Win7 is great. The problem is Microsoft trust their metrics too much. Since Office XP and WinXP the collect usage statistics (which can be turned off in all of their software except Win10!). Of course most power users an…

> Of course most power users and companies turn them off

Great way to make sure that your views and usage patterns don't contribute to the development of the software.....

Re: Microsoft's Software is Malware

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Post by wang_li »

callinyouin wrote: post #76
wang_li wrote: post #67

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To get access to patches from Red Hat you have to purchase an annual service agreement, for a two socket box it's around $300. If you bought a copy of Windows XP at release it likely cost you around that much and patches and fixes were available to you for fourteen years at no further cost. The equivalent from Red Hat would have run $4200.

While this is true, you're comparing a desktop OS to an enterprise OS. You're mostly paying for support from Red Hat for that $4200 price tag, something you definitely don't get with a retail copy of XP.

Actually the $350/year price does not include support. If you want support during normal business hours you're looking at $799/year and for 24 hour support it's $1299/year.

The only thing you get at the low price point is access to patches, ISOs, and their KB/bug tracker.

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