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Also, we feel obligated to disclose to you that we were compelled to disclose your email address to Microsoft during the discovery process as well as the content of many of your messages sent to us. We were not happy about doing this, but we had little choice. We have received assurances from Microsoft that they will not use or disclose your address for any purpose beyond this case.
I'm not kidding. This is exactly what they sent to users earlier today. As you can imagine, quite a few people are up in arms about it. “Sure, I can trust Microsoft with my personal information. They've never done anything to cause concern.” Yikes. Not good. Expect it to get worse before it gets better. Perhaps naming it “Lindows” wasn't the smartest thing they could have done? Pretty soon they'll be asking for my dental records.
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2 Comments
Anonymous
January 14th, 2002
at 11:31pm
Ah, well, your personal information is already in the hands of people who have the potential to misuse it far more than MS.
Your college, your insurance companies, your doctor, your bank, your credit card co., your bookstore, your cookies, your bookie, your wife, etc.
Lindows, by the way, now wants you to pay them $99 to become an “Insider.”
Right, bucko.
Anonymous
January 15th, 2002
at 6:44am
Soon Microsoft will go after the window making industry for trademark infringement.