Microsoft sinks to a new low

Jun 2006

Microsoft is launching a subscription service aimed at providing better protection for the Windows operating system, which has been vulnerable to Internet attacks, MSN reports.

Windows Live OneCare will protect up to three computers for US$49.95 a year.

I just can’t understand how people can put up with this anymore. First, Microsoft releases a product that is so flawed that it would never make a shelf in any other industry. Then they write EULA that gives you no right for any damages and puts no responsibility on the software maker. Then finally, they publicly announce that their software is insecure and that there is a paid service to protect it. But guess who do you pay to? The very software maker who sold you the dodgy operating system. So why not put it in in the first place?

We all know that America is a crazy place, we also know that their laws are absolutely ridiculous. The place where everyone sues everyone else for all possible and imposible reasons and that sometimes it gets really entertaining to watch how they make fools of themselves and ruin each other lives. But it will be the most entertaining to watch someone suing the hell out of Microsoft for “selling me a car with faulty door locks and charging me annual fee to keep my doors closed while I’m driving”. I just can’t wait the show to begin.

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Comments

Klaus Gonzalez

June 6th, 2006 at 11:13 AM

Whether or not people realize it, the fact that there are viruses out there in the world is not Microsoft’s fault: it’s the virus creators. Sure, people are always talking about how the Mac doesn’t get any viruses, but part of that is because nobody targets the Mac.

Nothing is perfect: Computers and software are no exception. Just know that Microsoft isn’t all to blame for this.

(and by the way, almost every EULA has some kind of text in there that says the company isn’t responsible for anything that happens to your computer)
fkdiii

June 6th, 2006 at 12:16 PM

well another iFanboy. Ok i agree that it is stupid, but microsoft cas no choice. They are in a no win situation:

1: they fix the virus problem and put themselves in a perfect situation for an anti-trust suit. they would have just eliminated the entire pc safety market, something that, because they are microsoft is even more of a touchy subject.

2: they do nothing to remain legal, but get blamed for an os that has viruses that they cant legally improve.

I remember MaxPC listing new features in beta 1 and anti-virus was one of them along with an imporved firewall. why would they have been taken out?
bordermann

June 6th, 2006 at 1:17 PM

> is not Microsoft’s fault: it’s the virus creators.

LOL – that’s real funny. Microsoft is like three supertankers in tow when it comes to making changes in their code to plug all those open ports and vulnerabilities in legacy code. Nothing but a rewrite from scratch can fix it, but they are so used to exploiting the holes themselves that they can’t plug them without reducing functionality.