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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft as a Company => Topic started by: Lead Head on 8 February 2006, 22:27

Title: Microsoft to release PC Care package
Post by: Lead Head on 8 February 2006, 22:27

http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/02/08/microsoft_onecare_live (http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/02/08/microsoft_onecare_live/)

I wouldnt be to shocked if this $50 Care package will become mandatory...
and charging beta users is ridiculous IMO

Title: Re: Microsoft to release PC Care package
Post by: piratePenguin on 8 February 2006, 22:33

Quote from: Lead Head

and charging beta users is ridiculous IMO

Yes it is, but with Microsoft beta and stable is all the same ;)

Title: Re: Microsoft to release PC Care package
Post by: worker201 on 8 February 2006, 23:01

I was wondering when they were going to start edging out McAfee and Norton.  I guess the answer is "now".

Title: Re: Microsoft to release PC Care package
Post by: H_TeXMeX_H on 9 February 2006, 03:30

Well ... yet another step towards world domination ... stay tuned for more next time ... soon the planet earth will be renamed to planet Microsoft ! ... I certainly hope not ... but then who knows

I was wondering why Window$ doesn't sue over similar names like the X Window system ... or for the very appearance of a minimize, maximize, close buttons on most windows on other operating systems. They sued for lesser things (the FAT long-filename patent)

Title: Re: Microsoft to release PC Care package
Post by: Lead Head on 9 February 2006, 05:17

If earth was renmaned "Planet Microsoft" Every other inteligent life in the universe would teleport to earth and kill every MS(look ma, no dollar sign!) employee and the jeteson bill gates wiht a linux computer with a food materializer into mar's orbit with an oygen synthesiser to make him suffer linux then the Life Forms would liberate earth, then leave

Title: Re: Microsoft to release PC Care package
Post by: H_TeXMeX_H on 9 February 2006, 07:04

M$ with an S ... blasphemy I say !!!

Title: Re: Microsoft to release PC Care package
Post by: Orethrius on 9 February 2006, 08:16

Quote from: piratePenguin

Yes it is, but with Microsoft beta and stable is all the same ;)

 Did they *ever* get Whistler out of beta? ;)

Title: Re: Microsoft to release PC Care package
Post by: Aloone_Jonez on 9 February 2006, 09:54

Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H

M$ with an S ... blasphemy I say !!!

Not if you're posting on a Winblow$ forum. ;)

Title: Re: Microsoft to release PC Care package
Post by: Refalm on 9 February 2006, 10:04

Wow, they create crappy software which allows spyware and trojans, and then they sell software to partly fix it.

Title: Re: Microsoft to release PC Care package
Post by: Aloone_Jonez on 9 February 2006, 14:15

Exactly, they have it sorted, they release buggy insecure software then avertise the latest exploits on their website and make even more money from selling anti-malware shit which wouldn't be required if they'd done the job properly in the first place.

Title: Re: Microsoft to release PC Care package
Post by: H_TeXMeX_H on 9 February 2006, 20:30

Quote from: Aloone_Jonez

Exactly, they have it sorted, they release buggy insecure software then avertise the latest exploits on their website and make even more money from selling anti-malware shit which wouldn't be required if they'd done the job properly in the first place.

Exactly ... I think you're absolutely right ... that's the way they work ... their slogan should be make as much money as possible by any means available, the more sinister and ruthless the plot, the better.

Title: Re: Microsoft to release PC Care package
Post by: jtpenrod on 11 February 2006, 09:28

Quote from: Refalm

Wow, they create crappy software which allows spyware and trojans, and then they sell software to partly fix it.

Hey, it's a good self-reinforcing business model.  :D