Why do we have to live under constant threat of crime?
Microsoft has been slaving away and has finally delivered Windows 7. This is supposed to erase the damage caused by Vista. Will this version work okay in my old steam driven computer or will I have to change that for the latest model as well? I’m always nervous when a change like this looms and is a potential threat to my very stable way of life. Not that I’m against change, but the older one gets, after age 5, that is, the longer it takes to settle down after a major change. For me, any change on the computer is major.
Change
Even the Personal Money Store brought change with it. The change I made from robbing the cookie jar in the kitchen where my wife thinks she hides money successfully to taking Online Cash Advances was a change that I had to get used to. It wasn’t a difficult change but it was change – for the better, I hope.
I look forward to installing Windows 7. I’m not sure exactly how it will help me but I’m ready to try it. Perhaps it will push my production up…
Others are waiting too
Guess who else is waiting for Windows 7 with bated breath? Cybercriminals, that’s who! These people, part of the virus, scam, spam and pirate crowd are out there, circling around, waiting for anyone to drop the slightest means of squeezing out a dollar, as long as it’s not legal, are a blight on our society. Not for them, anything that’s legal – their minds are focused on the dishonest and fraudulent and causing damage. On the other hand, they have had a major hand in the development of anti-virus and anti-spam software, original software checking programs, anti-copy systems and a host of other anti-criminal stuff, a whole secondary computer industry, so to speak.
I buy original
I used to use a copy of software that a friend gave me, but once I started writing and doing work for clients and paying tax on the proceeds, I went legal and bought original software. My partner, the tax department, paid his share as well.
But not everyone does that. I still receive odd requests for a copy of this or that program and I simply refer the asker to the computer store.
The latest cybercriminals
According to a spokesman at Microsoft, “In the last few days we’ve seen reports of illegitimate distributions of the release candidate of our latest Windows operating system, Windows 7, being offered in a way that is designed to infect a customer’s PC with malware.” Microsoft estimates that about a third of their worldwide customers – and they are in every country around the world – may be using fake copies of Windows.
On the other hand, Microsoft, the theft and pirating of your products puts you in good company with the car manufacturers, the clothing copiers, the watchmakers and just about every other legitimate business there is. Take it as a sign that you have made it, you have arrived and you are worth stealing.
You sound like someone who’s been caught with their hands in the cookie jar before!
Microsoft’s Windows 7 sounds great, but I’m more interested in the cookie jar you have hidden in your kitchen. LOL. There’s nothing sweeter than to open a cookie jar filled with money.