I believe the $300 million figure being quoted has the "marketing" of SP2 in there. They want to get the word out globally to get patched and are supposed to do a lot to help out the folks in areas that can't get it off the NET. Also I believe they are supposed to pull the current retail boxed copies of XPs in stores and replace with XP2 versions. Also many security pros have petitioned Microsoft to release SP2 CDs like AOL CDs - have them for free in computer stores and magazines, etc. Whether that will happen or not remains to be seen. But MS is pretty adamant about trying to get as many machines patched as possible.
joe -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 11:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Full-Disclosure] Microsoft Windows XP SP2 Let's commence by giving credit where credit is due. The thinking is that the manufacturer of Windows XP has done a splendid job in patching their little operating system with 300 million dollar's worth of fixes. This is not exactly 'pocket change'. But this is: 1. trivial scripting in the local zone 2. notepad icon regardless of file in XP's little zip thing http://www.malware.com/malware.sp2.zip many other 'bits and pieces' to be had but overall a splendid effort on the manufacturer's part [for now]. Not quite sure where all that money went though. End Call -- http://www.malware.com _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html