Way OT: Love that Windows File Protection - NOT!

2003-08-14 Thread Martin, Jon
A tale of bad programming gone awry, and a cautionary tale concerning our future ability to push out software upgrades. I work for a company of 1,800 users and over the past five years my work has included installing and maintaining the companiy's NT domain and Exchange 5.5 system, automating

Re: Way OT: Love that Windows File Protection - NOT!

2003-08-14 Thread Chris Scharff
:37 -0700 To: Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Way OT: Love that Windows File Protection - NOT! That's a nice, arrogant way to put it. I can only hope that the powers-that-be at Microsoft do not have a similar attitude towards their customers. I do not think it too much

RE: Way OT: Love that Windows File Protection - NOT!

2003-08-14 Thread Martin, Jon
their flagship office productivity tools in a straightforward manner. Jon -Original Message- From: Chris Scharff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 10:21 AM Posted To: exchange - new Conversation: Way OT: Love that Windows File Protection - NOT! Subject

Re: Way OT: Love that Windows File Protection - NOT!

2003-08-14 Thread Chris Scharff
I drink the generic, non-DMCA approved equivalent. ;) From: Hutchins, Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 11:31:34 -0600 To: Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Way OT: Love that Windows File Protection - NOT! Kool

RE: Way OT: Love that Windows File Protection - NOT!

2003-08-14 Thread Hutchins, Mike
heh -Original Message- From: Chris Scharff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 11:35 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: Way OT: Love that Windows File Protection - NOT! I drink the generic, non-DMCA approved equivalent. ;) From: Hutchins, Mike [EMAIL

RE: Way OT: Love that Windows File Protection - NOT!

2003-08-14 Thread Hutchins, Mike
Kool-aid :-) -Original Message- From: Chris Scharff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 11:21 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: Way OT: Love that Windows File Protection - NOT! Needless to say, Microsoft is not on my A-list this week. You can always

Re: Way OT: Love that Windows File Protection - NOT!

2003-08-14 Thread Chris Scharff
Needless to say, Microsoft is not on my A-list this week. You can always switch to another OS. Of course if all OS vendors are doing the same thing, then you can either accept it or go without automated software updates. No one is forcing you to use software. Hmm... Nope. Just drink the