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I don't know that Microsoft are anything even coming near malevolent.
Misguided, maybe, but certainly not with "malicious" intent, which your
malevolent implies.
Cheers ...
Geoffrey Hyde
Ran <ran@netgate.net> wrote in message
news:XZUz3uUXNpcF-pn2-GfZC8SdiGeF0@pm3-51.netgate.net...
> On Tue, 17 Oct 2000 23:05:20, "Geoffrey Hyde" <ghyde@ledanet.com.au>
> wrote:
>
> > In that case, you're going to *love* browsing the Microsoft site • whenever
> > you need to go there to get a patch for something.
>
> Not a problem: there are no patches to browse for, because
> Microsoft stopped supporting everything of theirs that I own years ago
> ;-)
>
> > I always get the heebeejeebeees (sp?) whenever visiting that site
>
> Me, too. But I get them because I know they've built a back door
> into the Exploder to support the windowsupdate.com site that bypasses
> your security settings, and allows them to do whatever they want on
> your computer. And because I know they use email addresses they
> request for support purposes to do spamming for their MSN enterprises.
>
> Lego may have some problems with insensitivity to network loading,
> but at least they're not malevolent.
>
> Ran
>
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