Microsoft = Big Brother?

The news broke recently that Microsoft got caught yet again* spying on it's customers.
Funny the timing of this with the announcement by China that all new PC's it buys must be Linux certified mentioned in a previous blog entry.
Can't imagine why China and many others are moving away from Microsoft.

* See:
http://130.94.161.3/KortExplores/articles/files/spy1.php
http://www.windowssecrets.com/comp/060615/ (Scroll down to "Genuine Advantage is Microsoft spyware"
http://www.marketingshift.com/2005/03/is-microsoft-spying-on-you-with.cfm
Note: This is a good time to install the "Fetch text URL" extension for Firefox. You are using Firefox right?

GROKLAW