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Re: Another Web Site

• Posted by Jim <futures8 at PCOLA.GULF.NET> Aug 27, 2000
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Kat,

A real problem. There are ways to protect yourself, though. I use 2 computers;
one connected to the net (contains no
personal information, only used for downloading, uploading) and another, NOT
connected to the net ever, on which all of
my executables, personal files, etc. reside. A zip drive serves as  the
transport of downloaded (or upload) files, when
that's necessary (rarely).

I still have copies of Foxbase (1986) on my non-net computer, which I know that
MS would dearly love to disable (MS
bought Fox Software some years ago), to force users to upgrade to their
horrendously expensive (when you consider the
cost of training required to use it)) Visual Foxpro.

A small pain in the nether regions to have to use two computers, but well worth
the small cost for the 2nd machine.

Regards,

Jim


Kat wrote:

> On 26 Aug 2000, at 21:50, irv wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 26 Aug 2000, Dan wrote:
> > > Kat,
> > >
> > > Paranoid?  If so, that makes a pair of us (pair a noids!)!  I set up a
> > > free
> > > firewall after I saw that some commercial programs *for children* were
> > > sending encrypted info back to the company when on internet after child
> > > used
> > > program.  And since I have set up a passport account in order to ask MS
> > > questions about software problems, now I'm concerned about *that* too.
> > > Sigh.
> >
> > Maybe it was just "checking registration", but I doubt it. There's a lot of
> > personal  info stored on our computers.
> >
> > I'm waiting for the only logical outcome of this - suppose company M finds a
> > copy of their software on Joe's pc, and deletes or disables it.
> > Further, suppose that Joe digs up a receipt which shows he legally owns the
> > software. Now, he can claim that company M owes him 12 zillion dollars for
> > lost
> > revenue, and with 12 zillion dollars at stake, you know Joe will have the
> > best
> > lawyers money can buy.
>
> I wouldn't get to the conclusion that he will have lawyers, or the best ones,
> not after
> what happene to me last week in court. I went in with medical bills,
> government
> eyewitnesses and documents, photos, chemical analysis tables, a time/date
> stamped
> history log, *and* the defendant confessed in court,,,, and you guessed it, i
> lost. This
> is Alabama.
>
> Besides, when you "buy" software now from a big company, you don't own it, you
> lease it till such time as the owner deems that you don't. And how can you
> prove
> company M did the deleting?
>
> Kat,
> disillusioned.