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Don't you suppose that he already has a Wind-OOOs machine which contains the woefully insecure browser known as IE and the porous email client known as Outlook Express. And, knowing this, don't you suppose that he is trying to FLEE from this stellar example of Microsoft's 'secure computing initiative'....
Just a thought...
No, I assume most people aren't running for their lives because the sky is really not falling, after all.