Comments on: Microsoft forces IM upgrades

Mandatory upgrade of millions of MSN Messenger users is meant to plug vulnerability.

[Prndll]

We are beginning to see it.....

MS is starting to demand complete unilateral control.

That is what I said...

This is what I said when Windows XP came out with activation. It is the perfect tool to force people to upgrade. The difference between that and this IM forced upgrade is that it won't be free. But, you can bet your butt that it is coming and Microsoft will be the first to do it so they can clear the legal hurdles for other companies like Adobe and Macromedia.

Microsoft is the only with deep enough pockets to fight this in court and as we saw with the Anti-trust case they will come out of it smelling like roses and the consumers will once again get the shaft.

Robert

[Al Johnsons]

complete unilateral control

http://www.analogstereo.com/volvo_242_244_245_owners_manual.htm

security or trojan horse?

I got this update and in the process Microsoft set all of my default browser pages to MSN and installed an MSN toolbar. Is this the security failure - I wasn't using MSN enough?!