Penny Arcade hits the nail on the head (again)

groverat · August 3, 2002 11:34PM

At first they pissed many here off with their beautiful <a href="http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2002-07-12&res=l"; target="_blank">Switch Ad spoof</a>.

And although this one isn't aimed at Mac users directly, they hit the nail on the head in regards to what I picture when I see "M$ is the devil!" rants.

Enjoy

ghost_user_name · August 3, 2002 11:48PM

I thought they hit the nail on the head with the Switch Ad Spoof. They're pretty good at... hitting nails on the heads

ghost_user_name · August 4, 2002 5:14AM

Beautiful.

Change the Trek guy's hair to dirty blonde, give him a beard, and add three more pips to his rank... and that is SO me!

eugene · August 4, 2002 5:22AM

I was just out drinking with a friend who worked at Microsoft and he does agree with Microsoft being evil to an extent. Basically his position is this:

Microsoft is a monopoly so the whole thing about Windows 2000 SP3 sending a list of all your apps' version numbers back to them for research purposes, palladium, buying up other companies is bad. On the otherhand, with a company like Apple which he does not view as a monopoly, he thinks all the above is okay. Heh. He has been a diehard PC user his entire life and doesn't plan on switching to Apple or whatever. Though all three of my friends who were present at our BBQ'n'Booze Night did say they would switch to Mac OS X in a heartbeat if it wasn't tied to Apple hardware. 2 out of 3 of them did agree that Apple couldn't feasibly do that though.

I'm definitely more outspoken on the whole Palladium issue though. I think it's a bad idea on the whole no matter who's going to implement it. The fact that it's Microsoft's brainchild is just icing.

xmoger · August 4, 2002 6:23PM

[quote]Microsoft is a monopoly so the whole thing about Windows 2000 SP3 sending a list of all your apps' version numbers back to them for research purposes, ...<hr></blockquote>I haven't heard about this, do you have a link because I have a box with sp3 installed. It was my understanding that automatic update Downloads a whole list of patches to compare locally to avoid this.

eugene · August 4, 2002 6:49PM

From SecurityFocus/Bugtraq:

<a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/285638/2002-08-01/2002-08-07/0"; target="_blank">http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/285638/2002-08-01/2002-08-07/0</a>;

[quote]Be sure to read the new EULA/privacy statement for Windows update, it has an interesting portion about how Windows Update and Automatic Update (which gets installed with SP3) can, by agreeing to this license, send the following pieces of info to Microsoft, this was posted on the MS focus list by Javier Sanchez:

"With the latest version of Windows Update (essentially a mandatory download and now part of SP3) you consent to sending the following information to Microsoft:

* Operating-system version number and Product Identification number

* Internet Explorer version number

* Version numbers of other software

* Plug and Play ID numbers of hardware devices

This is stated in the "Windows Update Privacy Statement" which you can read at <http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/about.asp?> You can also follow the "About Windows Update" link off the WindowsUpdate page. Don't bother trying to right-click, they've made sure to disable that."

Enjoy! Way to go MS!<hr></blockquote>

moogs · August 4, 2002 9:45PM

I wish Penny Arcade would just...shut their pie holes.

stimuli · August 5, 2002 12:46AM

[quote]I think it's a bad idea on the whole no matter who's going to implement it. The fact that it's Microsoft's brainchild is just icing.

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Well put.

Penny Arcade hits the nail on the head (again)

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