http://techrights.org/2011/10/09/incompetent-microsoft/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 http://techrights.org/2011/10/09/incompetent-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-130920 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:19:48 +0000 http://techrights.org/?p=54534#comment-130920 That the military is operating with a known compromised system is a direct result of non free software propaganda and the moral erosion that comes from using non free software. Non free software hands control over to the software owner, Microsoft and other vendors in this case. The military blindly trusts that Microsoft won’t use that control and is willfully ignorant in trusting that Microsoft can keep the Redmond campus itself clear of intrusion. The evidence is that every organization that uses Microsoft software has systems under botnet control. Microsoft and other non free software companies have conditioned people to believe that it’s OK to have someone else in control of computing as long as the task gets done in a “good enough” way. Replacement with free software is under user control is impractical they routinely tell the world. It’s not such a great leap to where Creech has landed, to call an unknown intrusion “benign” and fly weapons without full control.

]]> http://techrights.org/2011/10/09/incompetent-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-130898 Sun, 09 Oct 2011 17:16:43 +0000 http://techrights.org/?p=54534#comment-130898 There’s got to be a solid paper trail showing which individuals are responsible for putting Microsoft products onto DoD hardware. Track down the individuals responsible and make sure that the problem cannot recur.

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