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It's hard to suppress the urge to say "I told you so...."
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:50:18 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: "Mike O'Dell" <mo () ccr org> Date: September 30, 2007 5:44:46 PM EDT To: David Farber <dave () farber net> Subject: It's hard to suppress the urge to say "I told you so...." http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2182967,00.asp when "Windoze Automagic Update" was first announced, some people with painful experience tried hard to make the point that this seemed like a Really Bad Idea because of the potential for abuse by the untrustworthy. At the time, the trade rags decried that view as paranoid cynicism. Now that it's clear it is indeed being abused, and by MS no less, it is hysterically ironic to see the same rags complaining about how it has been abused. To steal a line from Ben Franklin: "Those who would sacrifice system security for convenience deserve neither." harumph -mo ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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