from providing the vector, to taking an active role
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| gus3 Jan 17, 2010 12:42 AM EDT |
It isn't enough for Microsoft to facilitate attacks against those yearning for freedom. Now they're actively attacking freedom-carriers as well. Is there no evil Microsoft won't perpetrate against FOSS? What are they trying to do, create a vacuum for CodePlex to fill? |
| jdixon Jan 17, 2010 12:18 PM EDT |
> Now they're actively attacking freedom-carriers as well. Since Microsoft platforms use perl too, I doubt very much it's an intentional attack on Microsoft's part. Probably it's a misconfiguration on those machines, or they've been compromised. Either of those would be bad enough for their reputation that there's no real need to assume maliciousness on their part. |
| gus3 Jan 17, 2010 12:44 PM EDT |
Yes, Hanlon's Razor. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon's_Razor But after (how many?) years of Steve "The Chair-launcher" Ballmer's calculating animus, I'm much more cynical about M$. I find that, on average, it saves time to assume malice when I find their involvement. |
| jdixon Jan 17, 2010 1:11 PM EDT |
> I find that, on average, it saves time to assume malice when I find their involvement. In general, yes. However, I can't see any reason they would go after cpan. It's not an obvious target. |
| tuxchick Jan 17, 2010 1:17 PM EDT |
While malice is a given, don't underestimate the power of the incompetence of the mighty Redmond machine. |
| gus3 Jan 17, 2010 3:12 PM EDT |
So, tc, you're saying "the incompetence of the mighty Redmond machine" is the Dark Side? That doesn't say a lot about the other side. Works for me. |
| number6x Jan 17, 2010 3:47 PM EDT |
It's the dumb side, not the dark side. You have no idea of the power of the dumb side. |
| phsolide Jan 17, 2010 8:29 PM EDT |
Quoting:You have no idea of the power of the dumb side. Sure he does: he used the word "animus" in an internet BBS post. How often have you seen a Jedi use a mind trick like that before? Lots, probably. I'm kind of with gus3 on this one. What better way to DDoS the entire internet? Start a mediocre, but hugely funded, "decision engine". Confine yourselves (at the start) to already semi-cracked volunteer organizations. Then, Profit! |
| gus3 Jan 17, 2010 9:47 PM EDT |
Wizard, guru, and now Jedi knight. Life is good. |
| Sander_Marechal Jan 19, 2010 5:06 AM EDT |
Quoting:I can't see any reason they would go after cpan. It's not an obvious target. They probably didn't. But MS bots ignoring robots.txt is a long standing problem and I'm sure is a conscious decision on Microsoft's part. For that reason I have banned MS robot IP address for years on my site. |
| jdixon Jan 19, 2010 6:49 AM EDT |
> But MS bots ignoring robots.txt is a long standing problem and I'm sure is a conscious decision on Microsoft's part. Guaranteed. It's the only advantage they have over Google. |
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