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Re: [Marxism] Spyware/adware



   I'm not sure what this has to do with Marxism, but I can't resist
commenting.  You'd think Karsten would install GNU/Linux on those computers
and eliminate spyware/adware, pop-up ads, and viruses in one fell swoop.
He'd have another half-hour each day to spend with kids or do something
useful...

 > KARSTEN M. SELF, who oversees a children's computer lab at a youth center
 > in Napa, Calif., spends about a half-hour each morning electronically
 > scanning 10 PC's. He is searching for files and traces of code that
 > threaten to hijack the computers by silently monitoring the children's
 > online activities or by plastering their screens with dizzying - and
 > nearly unstoppable - onslaughts of pop-up advertisements. [...]

--
Microsoft? -- Innovative?  Don't make me laugh.
"Subversion is always our best tactic." -- Microsoft Manager of Java
Relations John Ludwig (Quoted in Oct. 21, 1998 San Jose Mecury News)


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