Sickening shilling for MS by Ontario privacy commissioner

[David J Patrick]

On 20/10/06, phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org <phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> Could we please focus on her ideas rather than her appearance?
..sorry, just couldn't resist the farkism.
>
> This has been a PR coup for Microsoft. It could be an opportunity for
> supporters of open source to make substantive points about security and
> privacy, so let's make those points instead.

here's what I sent;

Subject; Ontario Security + Microsoft monoculture = mistake

I am somewhat horrified to hear that government policies are being
developed around Microsoft technologies. Spam, phishing, viruses,
trojans and spyware are almost exclusively the result of insecurities
inherent in Microsofts products. Although Identity Metadata could be
part of the solution, to dictate the use of solutions provide by a
single vendor (especially a foreign owned, convicted monopolist) is a
terrible mistake ! Please do NOT overlook solutions based on open
standards and open source technologies. To adopt security measures
based on the completely untested (and currently unavailable) Windows
Vista, is an outrageously BAD idea. It will cost the taxpayer a lot of
money, and it will FAIL !

back to the drawing board,
djp
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