Redmond Death Watch

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2009-04-19 10:30:15 UTC
Modified: 2009-04-19 10:30:15 UTC

● Microsoft's Inferiority Complex On Display in New Ads

Caolo believes Microsoft has a serious identity crisis. It's simply not sure who its target market is and this has resulted in them trying to be all things to all people. "The current batch of ads puts their identity crisis front-and-center," Caolo says. "Microsoft doesn't sell computers, they sell an operating system; an operating system which is conspicuously absent from the current campaign.

● UPDATE on the Microsoft VISTA issue

Since so many of you so kindly responded to my previous commentary re: the various issues with VISTA incompatibility and poor Microsoft support, I wanted to update you that Microsoft finally agreed to send me a free copy of its Windows XP Professional software.

However, the catch is that Microsoft will NOT offer free support or warranty coverage on the XP software once I install it.

● Conficker worm still infecting computers

Champion suggests investing in spyware like AVG, which is free, to avoid future viruses, and install Microsoft updates regularly.

● Economic crisis threatens to spark rise in cyber crime: Microsoft

● Five years after Gates' prediction, Nigerian prince still wants money

It’s not exactly good news for Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates’ famous prediction, in 2004, that the problem of spam would be “solved” two years from that point.

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Needs Sunlight

2009-04-21 08:38:45

The spam article fails to mention that the ratio of spam to real mail is pusing 9:1. It also fails to mention that the spam comes from compromizid Windows boxes. Scotland Yard, the FBI and similar agencies have good numbers on the damage, perhaps now with the chane of administrations available under FOIA or equiv.

The spam article also fails to mention the source. Some companies or individuals are hiring spammers to push their scams. Find them, crush them and the spam problem largely goes away.

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