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Submission + - Apple, Microsoft, Google attacked for evil plugins (pcpro.co.uk)

Submitted by nk497
nk497 writes: A Mozilla exec has attacked Apple, Microsoft and Google for installing plugins without users' permission. "Why do Microsoft, Google, Apple, and others think that it is an OK practice to add plug-ins to Firefox when I'm installing their software packages?" Asa Dotzler asks "That is precisely how a Trojan horse operates... These additional pieces of software installed without my consent may not be malicious but the means by which they were installed was sneaky, underhanded, and wrong." He called on them to "stop being evil."

Comment Re:What a terrible idea (Score 1) 728

by codematic (#34085048) Attached to: Mr. Pike, Tear Down This ASCII Wall!
I Agree, this is REALLY stupid... industry can't even agree on an open calendar format that EVERYONE will use... let alone some hideous thing like this. The reason ASCII has lasted and keeps lasting is because corporations haven't tried to make it all proprietary, and screw up the interoperability.

Comment Re:encryption alone (Score 1) 660

by codematic (#30831748) Attached to: What's Holding Back Encryption?
I agree, contracts that state "everything i create belongs to them" or some such general terms, are not binding. The courts will notice immediately that your company cannot claim your child, which you also could create while in their employ. This also includes self built additions to your house, birdhouses, shelves, etc. The contract is invalid because its applicability is in question.

Comment Re:Seriously? (Score 1) 235

by codematic (#29656365) Attached to: Perl 5.11.0 Released
Perl really REALLY needs an effective way to distribute applications, or utilities for that matter... Anything that is written ends up forcing the user into package upgrade hell... there has to be a way to bundle things like OSx does so that you can have a stable app thats easy to install... Just my 2 cents.

Comment Re:I grew up with (Score 2, Informative) 321

by codematic (#28692967) Attached to: The Amazing World of Software Version Numbers
The scheme makes sense... but i have personally had knock-down drag out fights over this and whats picked is something that has no structure, and no mathematical attributes whatsoever. Managements picks something that conveys little information to software, and less to the customer, then blames the developers when its shown to be useless... Thats modern day software development...

Comment Re:Hysterical rubbish (Score 1) 247

by codematic (#16728393) Attached to: Does Offshoring Threaten Combat Software?
Well, if its really just a joke, you got me on that one, I have unfortunately had pretty bad experiences using offshore developers. And the type of attitude portrayed in your comments are a dead ringer to the conversations i have had with them. Even when we outright fired them for incompetance, they still continued to believe the problem was with OUR understanding, not thier implementation. -Code

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