Posts by JW Otherworld

BBC botnet 'public interest' defence rubbished by top IT lawyer

Well done BBC!

Quote from article:

Tampering with people's PCs to illustrate the botnet risk is unethical in much the same way that breaking into homes to dramatise the risks of burglary is also a non-starter.

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Not the same thing, your analogy is flawed. It's like saying "Jump off the cliff, the wind rushing past feels so good", obviously also a flawed thought. You need to be carefull what you say when manipulating the masses. The PCs were already broken into, the BBC was simply showing those affected that they needed to "clean up" their systems. I say Hurrah to their actions, it's about time someone did something practical like this

SCO auctions Unix and mobile assets to continue fight

Perfect Timing, really

SCO dies when Windows 7 is born. Many have postulated that MS needed a distraction to allow time for them to develop a proper OS. W7 is upon the near horizon, so is SCO's demise. Will there be any evidence left to be found to support the theory that MS supported SCO?

A "Fire Sale" may be in the offing.

Ballmer's bid to swerve 'Vista Capable' row comes unstuck

Set Theory is that ''Vista Capable' includes all versions of Vista

If they knew that these specifications would *only* be capable of running Vista Home, maybe, the label should have read as 'Vista Home Capable'. To really nail it down explicitly, 'Only Vista Home Capable (Maybe)'.

Therefore 'Vista Capable' has to be considered a fraudulent statement because they knew it to be untrue and would no doubt mislead some people to think that they could install the top-of-the-line Vista when it became available. Untruth in Advertising, ain't it just a shame?

They're trying to 'wiggle' out of their responsibility then, but I say 'No wiggling allowed'

(unless it's Paris of course, because she has a very fine 'wiggle' IMHO).