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The Register gets it wrong on UAC: A lot of hay has been made over the new UAC feature in Vista. Apple has gotten a lot of mileage by poking fun at it. Users have all said how annoying the feature is by constantly forcing them to click OK to run programs. Some of the comments seem...; Tags: Windows Vista, Vista, Uac, Security, FUD; Blog posts 2007-04-24
Microsoft & Samsung; What's your take on this?: Microsoft says Samsung can offer Linuxhttp://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/04/19/1335224Microsoft-Samsung pact includes Linux patent 'protection'http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=operating_systems&articleId=9017120&taxonomyId=89Is this how it's going to be? Microsoft made it's legal foothold with Novell, now they are going to push the FUD to make money through a patent protection racket?Before I go off on a half educated rant; what's your...; Tags: jabbotts@..., Microsoft Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., FUD; Discussion threads 2007-04-19
Study claims Microsoft Windows has fewer (but bigger) flaws: Their criticality count for other OSes is messed upThere's no way most of those vulnerabilities for other OSes were "moderately" dangerous. It's a fine line and a judgment call. Symantec is up to the usual of banging the FUD drum to drum up business.Just in the first 3...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, george_ou@..., window, Apple Computer Inc., vulnerability, FUD, security, Microsoft Windows Vista, FUD drum, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows; Discussion threads 2007-03-26
Bug may expose encrypted e-mail: Deceptive lead in.The takeaway and bolded lead-in are somewhat deceptive and smack of sensationalism.The weakness or bug is not in the GnuPG cryptography technology as initially indicated but rather in several e-mail programs that use GnuPG as; Tags: cryptography, e-mail, fud, GnuPG, open-source, security, software, WDMilner; Discussion threads 2007-03-09
How scalable is Open Source?: Completely FalseFirst of all this story has nothing to do with the scalability of Open Source. You jump from SMB to Enterprise just to confuse the issue and spread Fear Uncertainty & Doubt.Learning Curve? If you can use Word you can use Open Office.Administrative Overhead? Much less...; Tags: open source, ayakus@..., MySQL, fud, networking, linux, scalability; Discussion threads 2006-12-19

McAfee Security Journal, an agenda?: http://trends.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/07/15/1331229&from=rssI find I am more likely to believe a review from newsforge than I am from McAfee. Make up your own mind. This is from the review that is linked to above.[i]If you are a typical Windows user, un- or ill-informed about what free software and open source...; Tags: McAfee Inc., security, open source, fud, sage, jdclyde, mcafee, jd-quick (formerly clyde); Discussion threads 2006-07-18
Is Longhorn ever coming?: Ok, now they have come up with Windows Vista..Is it a new way of delaying Longhorn even more or is Vista a beta version of longhorn? They say that Vista will ignore ur monitor and we will get a 'monitor ignored' message. The scheme is called PVP-OPM and...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Monitors & displays, Operating systems, monitor, Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2005-10-14
Microsoft to 'open the doors' of Linux labs: Cunning ploy I thinkIt's a lab, linux is the guinea pig.Now they are going to make it smoke cigarettes, take crack and PCP. Live in it's own waste, scare it out of it's mind and then disect it.almost a contradiction in termsThe existence of an open source lab at Microsoft...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Linux, microsoft, open source lab, apotheon, hardware, FUD, open source; Discussion threads 2006-04-06
Expert: Vendors, not coders, to blame for bugs: Expert: Vendors, not coders, to blame for bugsarticle rootHere, Here . . .There's no doubt there are many contributing factors, but the one that glares the most, holding the most weight in any software development project is as outlined in this "retort" to Howard Smith's declaration against the line staff...; Tags: security, software; Discussion threads 2005-10-24
Linux riskier than Windows?: Linux riskier than Windows?article rootRidiculousAbsolutely ridiculous. Not ranking vulnerabilities is a real giveaway that this is just another case of Microsoft intentionally trying to mislead the market through another of its surrogates.PLEASE!The FUD is turning into Transfatty FUDGE! The Market has spoken and they know what the deal...; Tags: AWolfe_II, linux, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows; Discussion threads 2005-03-23
Will Bush delay the election date for Homeland Security interests?: Has anyone heard there are rumours of massive terrorist acts this election? If so, and the election is actually forestalled, how will they get a date that can be fair and inclusive for voters and yet keep the Terrorists from acting on that day?For what reasons should we delay or...; Tags: admin@..., FUD, homeland security, off-topic; Discussion threads 2004-10-28
Beyond FUD and ROSI: Effectively justifying the cost of security: By Ruby BayanFear, uncertainty, and doubt FUD—used to suffice in justifying budgets for deploying the latest security gizmos, bells, and whistles. But in today's strictly cost-effective business environment, where financial officers have a higher tolerance for scare tactics, IT security pros must come up with more tangible reasons to defend...; Tags: benefit, Beyond FUD, financial, FUD, Guest Contributor, Paul E. Proctor, return on security investment, security; Technical articles 2003-10-02

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Red Hat's latest response to the Redmond FUD factory: Red Hat's latest response to the Microsoft patent protection racket and ongoing "Get the FUD" campaigne.http://www.linux.com/feature/115066; Tags: Neon Samurai, Red Hat Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-06-25
Key Ballmer adviser leaves Microsoft: Woohoo! Party!They finally tossed that nerfherder out on his fourth point of contact! At least, I certainly hope they finally wised up a little.His "Get the FUD" campaign was a misconceived, failed abortion of a marketing effort.; Tags: apotheon, microsoft, marketing, get the facts, taylor, get the fud, it management, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2006-06-21
Oracle e-mails urge scare tactics: Confidential court documents show Oracle intended its takeover bid in part to sow doubt about PeopleSoft. Please share your opinion on this news story.Sad CompanyOracle in terms of size and Corporate Ego (tm pending, not to be confused with the egos of the members of a corporation) is in a...; Tags: e-mail, IT IS, Newsletter Editor, Oracle Corp.; Discussion threads 2004-10-07
Ballmer attacks Linux on patent front: Ballmer must be stupid; no one can be that ignorantMS keeps trying to spread the FUD with dumb press releases hoping to scare off people ignorant of their rights -- a la SCO's doomed lawsuit against IBM.SCO not only lost their main contention that Linux infringes on UNIX, they also...; Tags: dhk, Linux, Microsoft Corp., patent, SCO Group Inc.; Discussion threads 2004-11-20
Is your Aero Glass half empty or half full?: Confusion, even-handed analysis, knee-jerk criticism, lies, damn lies, unsavory personal attacks, excitement, scorn, concerns about pricing, DRM, security, and compatibility--along with a flotilla of Windows v. Linux v. OS X diatribes--all are churning along in the wake of the mainstream release of Windows Vista.Take a look at this discussion thread,...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, Uncategorized, Windows Vista; Blog posts 2007-02-20
QoS in WAN Optimization Systems: We're in the process of evaluating different vendors products and have narrowed down to Riverbed and Cisco. There's alot of FUD out there and I'm looking at trying to muddle my way through all of it.We are a very heavy VoIP shop, with Cisco Call Manager being the product...; Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, NETWORKING, robert.donnelly@..., QoS, network; Discussion threads 2007-07-03
Security Compliance - Separating FUD From Reality, Part One: Sarbanes-Oxley: Information security is no longer just a good idea; thanks to legislation such as Sarbanes-Oxley, it's now a mandate. SOX requires new attention to security as part of a risk management framework with certified internal controls. At its heart, SOX is a call to governance, but organizations are struggling to...; Tags: Information Security, Security, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures; Webcasts
Munich to press on with Linux switch: Promoting FUDFlorian Mueller, chief executive of MySQL, is wither wrong or mis quoted whit his statement that "Linux violates 283 U.S. software patents". Linux POTENTIALLY violates 283 patents, just as any software including MS, potentially violates patents. Example, If I write software that transferes files I potentially violate...; Tags: jgroetsema@..., Linux, patent; Discussion threads 2004-12-20

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