On 8/10/2015 3:34 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> As far as I know there are no comments to the Slate article. I read Paul
> Thurrott's
> article 3 times and most of the comments more than once. Some of those
> comments
> support my position. Sorry, I think Thurrot's defense of Microsoft is very
> weak and
> mostly incomplete. Note that Thurrott's article is not a direct refutation
> of the
> Slate article.
> The fundamental fact is that Microsoft has changed their business model to
> be more
> like Google or even more like Google than Google. It is their intention to
> collect
> vast amounts of personal data and don't tell you about it. There are opt
> outs
> provided but most ordinary users won't know about them or be able to find
> them. But
> perhaps I'm just a privacy fanatic. I have a Google account but don't use
> it or
> gmail. I don't use Facebook or other social media.
>
> I continue to maintain that for the computer users that I support there is
> very
> little upside to a Windows 10 conversion. And we haven't even mentioned
> bugs and
> incompatibilities yet or Microsoft's diddling with your browser and
> antivirus apps.
>
> Color me unconvinced>> Chuck Norcutt There are currently about 233 comments
> on the article. Revealing the comments is notvery obvious. At either the end
> of the article or next to the "NEXT" page jump,the fourth red icon, will
> bring up the comments. I'd be interested in what/where you got the knowledge
> to say the above as fact. The Slate article has essentially modified the
> actual EULA with the manner in whichit is presented. With the insertion of
> the comma and deleting the rest of it, he iscompletely misleading the reader.
> larry
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