[mdlug] Open Source Bug Reporting Windows

[Wojtak, Greg]

It's not "spying"... it's "usage tracking!"  Microsoft told us so!

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From: mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org [mailto:mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org] On Behalf Of Aaron Kulkis
Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 11:44 AM
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Subject: Re: [mdlug] Open Source Bug Reporting Windows

Robert Jim Fulner wrote:
> OK,
> 
> So I wanted to run this by y'all and see what you think.
> 
> At work I still run Windows, but most of the applications I use are Open
> Source programs. If one of these applications crashes, Windoze offers me an
> option to tell Microsoft about the problem. Do you think I should? Obviously
> I SHOULD file a bug report with the particular project team, and as soon as
> I figure out how to do that I certainly will, but should I tell Microsoft
> about it? My paranoid schizophrenic self says "don't tell the enemy what we
> are working on", but before I make this decision I'd like to here the
> opinions of a few more crazy penguin lovers.

Microsoft snoops enough as it is already.
[It was from *spying* on IE users and discovering that many were
visiting travel websites which prompted MS to create Expedia.com]
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