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Which ever way you cut it technically speaking Microsoft runs the biggest botnet because they have control all the computers running Windows upgrade, and if the
by vfclists 12y ago
Which ever way you cut it technically speaking Microsoft runs the biggest botnet because they have control all the computers running Windows upgrade, and if they can't shut them down, they might as well fix them.
Whether you like it or not for better or worse a botnet is an economic resource whose value is not lost on Microsoft and sooner or later they are going to come up with a wheeze to exploit them.
- kordless 12y agoYou are missing the point. He said why he downvoted you and you replied with a general rationalization on why he should agree with you, when that's entirely NOT the point. You'll catch more flies with honey than you will with vinegar. We probably all agree with you in some fashion, just not the way you put it. And, just in case YOU can't figure it out, the blaming statements you are making are due to the use of 'you' in your comment.
- vfclists 12y agoI read the statement on the Microsoft blog, before coming to see the comments and that blog statement IS smug, self preening, self-congratulary tripe created by a lawyer and a company who want to ingratiate themselves with government for whatever agenda they have in mind. That blog entry is not targeted at computer users, it is targeted at the government.