Microsoft possible buyout of a spyware company?

microsoft buying a company that runs Gator???
sorry if it's in the wrong forum, since this is an active spyware forum, thought i'd give a lil heads up...ill do the required 10...after i hit submit .....

 

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1834607,00.asp

 

interesting...so now the deal is off because they realize the potential loss in people having it on their system...looks like Steve & Bill would rather have a bigger database of users...wonder why ...hmmm...Big brother isn't watching anymore...it's Bill & Steve

 

It didnt make me happy at all, I'm very unhappy with Microsoft.

 

if you ask me, and i agree with this thing i read online today...Billy boy and Steve might be getting a lil desperate for user database to compete with Google's already ginormous wealth of database (of people's movements and spending habits online)...i mean if they were ready to offer $500 million that's about 1/10th Bills worth lol...if that...but the deal is apparently off...i think it's the bad feedback they're getting now and the potential of losing the spyware beta followers (which they dont want to look like they dont care about security issues...which they really don't)...
meh...i wish i knew how to run Linux, i think i may start soon than later.

 

I will still use MSAS because its still a good program. But before they release the final build they need to add Claria back.

 

i think im over microsoft and their products...bad enough we're almost force fed their closed-source OS
really hope googles gooOS comes out soon...and hopefully gives them a good run for their money