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<SNIP> Bush just hired the former Microsoft head of security to be his "go-to" man for creating an infrastructure to protect the security of US computer assets. <END SNIP> Now that scares me...knowing Microsoft's reputation in the Security Industry. I heard the new moto is over one billion vulnerabilities served. Gerardo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Knowles" <[email protected]> To: "blitz" <[email protected]>; "Vadim Antonov" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 3:44 PM Subject: Re: Microslosh vision of the future > > At 11:47 PM -0400 2002/08/11, blitz wrote: > > > I just hope the anti-trust people are looking into this....i can't > > see a bigger case for them to spring into action... > > Bush just hired the former Microsoft head of security to be his > "go-to" man for creating an infrastructure to protect the security of > US computer assets. > > Do you really think that they will ever again lift a hand against > Microsoft? They only participated in the anti-trust action brought > by the Clinton white house because they had no choice -- their > pulling out of the case would have been far worse than continuing to > a settlement that resulted in less than a wrist-slap. > > > And it didn't even take Billy-boy a billion to buy the US gov't. > > -- > Brad Knowles, <[email protected]> > > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." > -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania. > > GCS/IT d+(-) s:+(++)>: a C++(+++)$ UMBSHI++++$ P+>++ L+ !E W+++(--) N+ !w--- > O- M++ V PS++(+++) PE- Y+(++) PGP>+++ t+(+++) 5++(+++) X++(+++) R+(+++) > tv+(+++) b+(++++) DI+(++++) D+(++) G+(++++) e++>++++ h--- r---(+++)* z(+++)
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