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>> it still smells of Raketeering to me Racketeering indeed! I am sure that was the goal of the SmartScreen filter in IE. Cert vendors and MS must have collude

by barista 14y ago

>> it still smells of Raketeering to me Racketeering indeed! I am sure that was the goal of the SmartScreen filter in IE. Cert vendors and MS must have colluded to add this feature so that developers of all binaries are forced to buy certs. Right?

CapitalistCartr 14y ago
As the saying goes, "The road to Hell is paved with good intentions." Welcome to the 'law' of unintended consequences. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unintended_consequences http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unintended_consequences
tomjen3 14y ago
If not, why not include the option of a free cert for each windows/compiler download? That way even those who ship free software would sign it and thereby make windows safer. But of course MS isn't interested in that when they can get paid for it.
- ryanbrunner 14y ago
  I'm sure a large part of the reason Microsoft wouldn't offer it for free is that, at the time, any effort on Microsoft's part to enter a new market off the back of an existing market would be scrutinized pretty heavily by the DOJ. They couldn't even add virus scanning functionality to Windows because of anti-trust concerns.
  - Karunamon 14y ago
    Uhh.. Microsoft security essentials?
    - estel 14y ago
      He said "at the time", which I guess refers to the difference between Smartscreen's release which was apparently 2006 with IE7; and MSE's 2009 release.