Re: MS again

2002-11-22 Thread Bill Campbell
On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 03:17:12AM -0600, ronnie gauthier wrote: >A realistic look at their software, recent trends abroad and eastward >about computer security and the new US law going into effect next May >puts MS on the downhill slide in the near future. I think they started down that slippery

Re: MS again

2002-11-22 Thread Joel Hammer
I did at first, but it finally opened up in some window in opera. The link doesn't tell you much, just, you gotta upgraded IE in most versions of windows, otherwise someone can hack you. Nice to know your browswer is a big secrity hole. I would think the real patch would be to use netscape or opera

Re: MS again

2002-11-22 Thread ronnie gauthier
My typo http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/biztech/11/21/microsoft.security.ap/index.html On Fri, 22 Nov 2002 16:47:26 +0800 "m.w.chang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I got a 404 when I hit the ilnk. > >ronnie gauthier wrote: >> MS announces another security flaw. Guess there have been so many >that> >h

Re: MS again

2002-11-22 Thread ronnie gauthier
Yup, its gone. Ah, the power of M$. I used their web contact to ask, we'll see what they say about its vanishing act. On Fri, 22 Nov 2002 16:47:26 +0800 "m.w.chang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I got a 404 when I hit the ilnk. > >ronnie gauthier wrote: >> MS announces another security flaw. Guess

Re: MS again

2002-11-22 Thread ronnie gauthier
A realistic look at their software, recent trends abroad and eastward about computer security and the new US law going into effect next May puts MS on the downhill slide in the near future. There is a large but unspoken rift in the financial/legal world right now over MS software. Come May everyth

Re: MS again

2002-11-22 Thread m.w.chang
I got a 404 when I hit the ilnk. ronnie gauthier wrote: > MS announces another security flaw. Guess there have been so many that > http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/bixtech/11/21/microsoft.security.ap/index.html -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux we trust.

Re: MS again

2002-11-21 Thread m.w.chang
we all know that programs can create bugs, and bugs can bring about more programs which feed back into the start of the problem. this is business... :) > Although many people bemoan MS's dominance, there is much to learn from this > state of affairs. And, I think that this situation opens up busin

Re: MS again

2002-11-21 Thread Joel Hammer
It is truly amazing how bad this software is. The fact that it dominantes the planet is instructive. Although many people bemoan MS's dominance, there is much to learn from this state of affairs. And, I think that this situation opens up business avenues for the strong of heart. After all, MS is

MS again

2002-11-21 Thread ronnie gauthier
MS announces another security flaw. Guess there have been so many that MS is now giving flaws a ranking; critical>important>moderate>low. I'm surprised there is not a ranking of "ignore", oh, wait, that must be what "low" really means. http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/bixtech/11/21/microsoft.security.