Microsoft wants you to "Get the Facts Straight"

Christopher Chan christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk
Tue Sep 8 01:22:15 BST 2009


Derek Broughton wrote:
> Odd wrote:
>
>   
>> Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote:
>>     
>>> Dylan McCall wrote:
>>>       
>>>> I find that slide about having too many updates pretty interesting,
>>>> because later on in the same "training" session they say that, when
>>>> security issues are discovered, there is no guarantee of an update.
>>>> Clearly, they are unconcerned with factual accuracy even in their made
>>>> up universe.
>>>>         
>>> Therefore, a counter must come from somebody with plenty of clout and an
>>> army of lawyers just in case. Gotta herd the sheep in the right
>>> direction.
>>>       
>> I wonder.. On what premise could a lawsuit be launched?
>>     
>
> <snort!!/>
>
> I don't think the idea was that "we" would need to launch a lawsuit, but 
> that MS has been known to launch lawsuits specifically to quash little guys, 
> so it would take someone with some legal clout to step up to the bat.  When 
> you're MS, it doesn't matter if some court two years down the road dismisses 
> their suit as frivolous, because by then they've bankrupted you.
>   


Exactly. When you start telling clueless people the truth, you get the 
attention of the Mafia behind the 'truth'. This is war. You do not go 
frontal if you cannot outgun or outcharge the enemy.



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