Of course M$ would like everyone in the world to be
running their software, but it ain't just them that
would like this situation.
I've read some pretty interesting theories, here's the
gist of them:
It's fairly well known that M$ share their source code
with the US government, "certain corporations" and
friendly nations. Therefore these chaps could well
know about, and be taking advantage of security holes
well before they are announced and patched. Heck,
M$ could even be holding the patches back (or putting
the holes in there on purpose.)
This is all very beneficial to the government who are
pushing internet snooping, Bush setting up legal
frameworks for government hackers and what have you.
The last thing these guys want is for ppl to be using
secure systems running open protocols that they cannot
control.
Throw paladium into the works and you can see where
this is going.
Why do you think M$ is able to get away with so much
####? It is against the law for a corporation with
such market dominance to do discounts in order to
shaft the competition... but this is what they want
to do and they will get away with it. Why is that?
My advice: be afraid. be very afraid ;-)
