redxine Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Microsoft aren't creating back doors, and neither are they worried about there market share going down the pipes. From the consumer point of view, Linux is still a very poor OS and will remain that way for some time on the desktop. Its only on devices like MID's or phones that Linux actually stands any chance of being a competitor hence the success of the Android platform compared to the decade plus of "the year of Linux" I've personally witnessed. What you fail to realize is that the desktop PC (including laptops to a certain extent) is a dieing platform, in 10-20 years, no one but geeks will have personal computers, it will all be MID's, phones and consoles. So why, might I ask, is Microsoft providing Best Buy with anti-Linux media? They have acknowledged open source as a threat. http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/micr...ining_materials Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr0p Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Surely a rootkit needs to talk to home to be any use, I mean I could smuggle a midget into someones house, but if the midget can't report back to me the intel he recovers is useless. Windows is used by pretty much every goverment on the planet, can you imagine the Indian or Chinese goverment not making a scene if they found out Windows was leaking data to the CIA? Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimmer Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Midget!! It could be a regular size person too! Gosh so insensitive ;-). I like that analogy though works great :-). And I thought I was paranoid using only AES 1024 (4 x AES 256) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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