Recently, Sun Microsystems and Microsoft have been pushing a vision of the future in which computing hardware is free – actually, sold with software subscriptions. IT customers tempted to sign on should take a lesson from the recent box-office bomb Troy and beware of suits bearing gifts. Because it’s very clear that this version of free hardware will actually be controlled hardware %u2014 controlled, specifically, to effectively seize control of the customer’s operation.
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The Motive SmartBridge background task is installed with Verizon Online’s software which is included with their residential DSL service. It has an autoupdate prompt which runs at startup. I disabled it on my computer simply because I don’t know exactly what it does. Since I don’t have a use for it and anything running uses up some memory, I’ll keep it that way. Read the comments to learn about removing verizon online support center.
