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To: bentway who wrote (246241)	3/3/2014 12:59:43 AM
From: Sam	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542201

Geez, I thought 8.1 was supposed to be better. I should have known better. MSFT is a prime example of why monopolies are terrible. It is Gates' and Balmer's and Harvard's fault. Harvard instills this suave "We know best" patina in its students (even in its dropouts, or maybe especially in its dropouts, at least some of them), they get socialized into it, and it turns them into ... I'm not sure what the word is. But they get this snobbish veneer and it contaminates much of what they touch and who they hang out with, the rest of world becomes peons (except for an elite few who they admit into their sanctum). And then they do crappy things like Microsoft has been doing for awhile now, but of course it isn't crappy to them, it is that the world just can't see how wonderful it is, or maybe can't see all the constraints that they have worked under, blah blah blah in any case it isn't their fault. If there is a fault.

To: bentway who wrote (246241)	3/3/2014 1:04:35 AM
From: Sam	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542201

Google could turn out to be even more of a control freak company than Apple or Microsoft! Chrome rubs beta users the wrong way with update New version shutting down user's apps By Alex Hamilton February 28th techradar.com Related stories Google Now for Chrome beta brings notifications to Mac, Windows PCs You'll soon be able to use Chrome Apps on iOS and Android devices Google sounds out new tech to replace your passwords with noise Chrome users are upset at changes being brought in to current and newer versions, according to posts on the browser's discussion forum. Google's new policy automatically disables most extensions downloaded from sources other than the company's official app store, the Chrome Web Store. With the update, the only apps that will be able to be installed on Chrome will also have to be from the store. The company has described the move as one for greater security, a protection against developers using loopholes to install malware-laden add-ons without user knowledge. The new policy has been turned on for the Windows beta version of Chrome, evidently surprising some of the millions who use the experimental version of Google's browser. GoogleNannyThe main complaint from most users was that the new version was holding their hands, telling them what extensions they can and cannot run. One user compared the new changes to someone installing training wheels on their BMX, while another decried the fact Chrome had removed their anti-virus extension. Despite these complaints, it seems that it's unlikely that Google will reverse these changes. A moderator of the same forums posted a message stating that the Chrome Beta will remain as it is. People who did not like the changes, they said, should simply move back to the stable version. It is likely that Chrome 35 for Windows will be the first stable build to enforce this new extension policy. Via ComputerWorld Malware-infected extensions take shine off Chrome