Re: WinXP is Tweaked to Make it Difficult to Download Mozilla

ScrubsFan wrote:
> Flatfoot wrote:
> 
>> First see my post on 12/30/04 about this subject.  There I talked
>> about trying to download Mozilla on a new computer and the Mozilla
>> website kept hanging, making it impossible to download the program.
> 
> 
> <<snip>>
> 
>> Microsoft is up to its dirty tricks again.  Those of you who think
>> this is a "conspiracy theory" are simply ignorant of Microsoft's
>> history of dishonest and deceitful tactics aimed at discouraging the
>> use of competing products.
> 
> 
> First let me say this loud and clear: I DESPISE MICRO$HAFT!!  (And, yes, 
> I meant to shout.)
> 
> Now, with that out of the way...I think you're just wrong about this.  I 
> only have 'doze on a couple of my computers, but they were able to 
> connect to Mozilla.org and download files without problems.  They're 
> both XP boxes, one with SP1 and the other SP2.  I have no idea what the 
> problem is at your end, but I really don't think it's another one of 
> Micro$haft's underhanded tactics.
> 

I don't either.  What I DO see, quite often, is sluggishness in Mozilla 
response to requests, such as 30 seconds delay when opening the NNTP 
site, or displaying FTP indexes. Has nothing to do with Microsoft.

It could also be an issue with the number of hops in the particular 
route used for a given access, and the router load between Mozilla.org 
and the user's computer.  LOTS of things could cause this symptom, but 
paranoia might suggest that is MS doing it's thing.

Now all of this doesn't mean MS DOESN'T intentionally do things to make 
mozilla based browser users suffer.  Just look at the knowledge base. 
You will see the data is moved a few characters to the left, making the 
page harder to read.  And, yes, they DO check for the browser and send 
different data!

Just because you are paranoid, it doesn't mean they AREN'T out to get you!