Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 29th Oct 2007 20:03 UTC, submitted by Geonon
Microsoft has apologized for a Windows Server update that automatically installed the Windows Desktop Search tool on users' desktops without approval. The mistake happened because Microsoft reused the same update package for when WDS was first published in February as an optional update that was only applicable to systems with the search tool previously installed. 
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2005-07-13
Microsoft is a majority government elected by enterprise taxpayers using IT budget dollars to vote with. As long as they keep getting re-elected, there is no reason for them to hold themselves accountible.
The onus is on the organizations that have to deal with issues like this; if something like an unwanted forced installation is disruptive to a corporate network, then those organizations affected should be leveraging their purchasing power to affect change with Microsoft's abusive practices.
But sadly, they won't. The problem isn't really Microsoft, it's the customers that keep allowing this to happen. Microsoft has no incentive to change as long as they keep getting new license sales and new contract renewals. The reality is that this probably was a simple mistake on Microsoft's part, but they must be doing something right if their customers continue to be so forgiving for simple mistake after simple mistake...