JimH: My problem is that because y'all are not willing to state unequivocally what is being collected leaves me with the sinking feeling that you are now, intend in the future, or desire to leave open the possibility that MJ will commence to gather and transmit information that I may feel is private, without my knowledge or consent.
I mean Jim, say we turn the tables.
-You buy my software, and learn to love it.
-Then you learn from an outside source that I've been rummaging through your files and phoning home what I found.
-You are incensed. You have source code, business correspondence, and all manner of information you hold private there. And you let the application through your firewall because you trusted it.
-When you ask what I've been doing, I say "None of your business, and I'm not going to tell you because I'm protecting my assets. If you don't like it then goodbye."
Leaves you with a nice, warm fuzzy feeling, doesn't it?
As an aside I have to say that I'm a little embarrassed at some of the personal attacks and general flaming in this discussion. We are all better than that. I think. Well, maybe with the exception of Zevele, but he's been under some stress lately