●●● From Techrights
"Call Out Windows" is a small campaign that politely asks journalists to report Windows-specific issues for what they really are: Windows issues. Posts touching on the subject include the following:
2009
05/06 - Maggie Shills does not know that zombies are a windows problem.
Maggie Shills does not know that zombies are a windows problem
06/19 - MSNBC does not mention Windows in an article about a Windows flaw responsible for the 2008 Spanair crash and the death of 215 people. Microsoft astroturfers try to blame IBM.
12/23 - In 2006, Cerf and Geer say that hundreds of millions of Windows PCs are part of a botnet. In 2008 a security says 40% of all Windows computers are like that, Microsoft says 30%. In 2009, Trend Micro claims 50%. Most of the trade press pretends this is an unavoidable "computer problem" not a Windows problem but Beth Lynn Eicher predicts the end of Microsoft dominance by June of 2011. Android an iPhone satisfy her bet a year early but most of the tech press continues to shield Microsoft.
2010
03/02 - Google dumps their 20,000 Windows licenses and bans Windows use internally because of security flaws that were responsible for attacks in China. Now that's how to Call out Windows.
that were responsible for attacks in China
03/08 - BBC fails to call out Windows and ArsTechnica blames another company
BBC fails to call out Windows and ArsTechnica blames another company
03/16 - Call Out Windows
03/19 - Elinor Mills Finally Calls Out Windows
Elinor Mills Finally Calls Out Windows
04/21 - Journalists to Other Journalists: Call Out Windows
Journalists to Other Journalists: Call Out Windows
04/23 - IDG and The Register Don’t Call Out Windows; McAfee Whitewash
IDG and The Register Don’t Call Out Windows; McAfee Whitewash
04/30 - BBC comes to Microsoft's rescue after EWeek reports fake AV software scamming Windows users, including Windows 7. BBC pretends that this is a computer problem by saying that other OS are also targeted, something that makes no sense and is without evidence of any kind.
05/06 - Despite publishing articles about the defacement of thousands of Windows 2003 server pages and a massive Sharepoint 2007 flaw, PCWorld fails to call out Windows in a third article about a Texas botnet. Techrights suspects the older software was shamed to encourage people to purchase newer versions under the false assumption that the newer software is more secure.
05/06 - Security experts Kaspersky and Rutkowska both call out Windows as inherently flawed. EWeek names Windows for LoveBug worm of year 2000.
06/19 - MSNBC is caught manipulating an article to hide Windows flaws. Techrights gives many examples of Microsoft press manipulation including The New York Times and Wall Street Journal
07/21 - Reuters names Windows as the culprit in a Siemens industrial control system flaw that puts many plants at risk.
07/21 - Almost everyone fails to blame Windows for the BSoD problem that doomed eleven men on the Deepwater Horizon.
07/31 - Yahoo fails to call out Windows when reporting about a giant Windows botnet
Yahoo fails to call out Windows when reporting about a giant Windows botnet
08/10 - Network World, The Register and IDG fail to call out Windows in Zeus botnet attacks
Network World, The Register and IDG fail to call out Windows in Zeus botnet attacks
10/03 - BBC Cannot Call out Windows
2015
Back Doors/Bug Doors in All Versions of Microsoft Windows Need a Name, a Logo, and Branding Too
Also see Stuxnet
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