[geeks] Odd uptick in spam...

[der Mouse]

> Microsoft sold a defective product; they continue to sell defective
> products.  Why is this permitted?

Because we don't know how to make non-defective products, in that
particular product space.

The difference between Microsoft crapware and "better" systems like VMS
or even the BSDs is very hard to codify.  Indeed, a plausible case
could be made that the only substantive difference is that the former
has gathered all the cracker attention.  (Not that I would make such a
case; I think there are real differences...but I don't know Windows
internals *nearly* as well as I know NetBSD, or even VMS, internals.
But I also think monocultures are inherently dangerous, in ways that
apply no matter which particular culture it is.)

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