[Lvlug] Re: Once again MS is waaaaay off target

[jmm]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jhigdon at linuxfools.org [mailto:jhigdon at linuxfools.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 05:08 PM
> To: 'lvlug'
> Subject: Re: [Lvlug] Re: Once again MS is waaaaay off target
> 
> > >
> > God knows I hate MS too, but this isn't to bad of an idea because you 
> > can chose not to send it.   Mozilla Firefox has this  feature as well.  
> How do you know you have that choice yet? Have they released how the 
> "blackbox" will function? 
> 

right, I agree. Sure Moz/FF have a 'report back if error happens' utility, but if you or me ever questioned _how_ such a utility worked in relation to our own security, go get the Mox/FF source and have a expert, friend and/or yourself look at it. At least Moz/FF release the details of how their 'phone errors home' util works. Now, let's ask MS to tell how their BB works...right, stunned silence, then laughter...seriously, don't the words "Microsoft" and "Black Box" trigger another image with you...The Borg ! (how hard would you like to laugh today ?)

> But since that is my opinion, maybe we can take a poll here on the list.
> I for one would click Don't Send, partially because it's not my problem 
> to help them debug their software if I pay good money for something that
> should "just work" (popular phrase these days). And because 
> when something like that crashes, I'm either too lazy, or too
> impatient to get back to what I was doing.
> 

I never hit 'send' using a WinBox no matter the OS or App. For Moz/FF on Linux - I'd guess about every other time (50%), but jeez, honestly, I can only count on one hand the times Moz/FF (on Linux) has died on me in the last year. My daily constant browser use: avg probably about 1-2 hrs/day factoring in weekend time.