On 01/19/2010 11:12 AM, Ravi Kumar wrote: > Hey Ram, > > First of all, nothing is secure - this is the key. > > No Idea what MS IE 8 has in terms of security. > But I totally agree with you, India is not really geared towards > progress in atleast IT. Politicians, who are just about to die like a > over-ripped mangoes on tree, who never used computer decide the thing. > Also, many times I got the impression that the person in power to > decide/sign these govt implementations in IT are just influenced by > who is the repr, and what dream are shown to their eye$$. > > Almost all the things that are any-way directly connected to Govt lacks: > > * Proper Implementation > * Even Half completion > * No creativity > * ... too many, i am running out of time. > > > Indian Govt needs some fresh people. From different professions. Not > for administration, but to suggest them and show them the mighty > light. Well, what we can do, just wait, wait and wait till these > mangoes just drop off th tree. > They invest $$$$$ for MS Office package. Why they don't use OOo, maybe > they don't know. They don't trust. OOo.org can't pay hefty sum to the > decision maker in govt body. Jyotish-shastra predicted not to use the > Office package brand starting with O. > > They spent on products, whereas they should have invested in research > and implmentation for a secure environment and data storage using > Opensource. > You may not be knowing, most govt controlled/attached/funded centers > use MS Word to create their webpage, and they just host. :) This just > get me pissed on even thinking about it. But hey, India is great and > will be a SuperPower in next 15 years. That is what they are busy > calculating. > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Ramnarayan.K <ramnaraya...@gmail.com > <mailto:ramnaraya...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Hi > > couldn't resist have a laugh about who all are vulnerable to various > M$ based vulneabilities > > 1. China tried to hack our computers: MK Narayanan > > http://news.oneindia.in/2010/01/18/china-tried-to-hack-our-computers-nsa-mk-narayan.html > Snippet "The hackers reportedly launched an attack using a 'Trojan' > virus in order to access the computer remotely and download of delete > files". > > Trust india's most sensitive stuff to not just be vulnerable to > virus's attacks , guess they won't ever learn, that there are better > ways than M$ to use computers and be relatively safe without much > effort. > > 2. German government warns against using MS Explorer > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8463516.stm > snippet "Microsoft rejected the warning, saying that the risk to users > was low and that the browsers' increased security setting would > prevent any serious risk.However, German authorities say that even > this would not make IE fully safe. " > > Finally the icing on the cake even the french are > 3. France joins Germany warning against Internet Explorer > snippet Certa, a government agency that oversees cyber threats, warned > against using all versions of the web browser" > > the the MS guys make a joke "But Microsoft told BBC News that IE8 was > the "most secure browser on the market" and people should upgrade. " > > ** > wow what f****king arrogance first you allow people to get vulnerable > and then tell them to buy / get yet another piece of shit. > > > anyways good to know that some of us atleast sleep peacefully at night > and our worries are not about is my data safe > > So Linuxeros and Ubunteros i think we have earned the right to > gloat a bit ;-) > > ram > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com <mailto:ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > > > > > -- > -=Ravi=-
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