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  1. Re:No retraining costs the other way? by evilviper · · Score: 1 · on Munich Reverses Course, May Ditch Linux For Microsoft

    Took 5-seconds to find:

    http://www.zdnet.com/the-true-...

    http://www.biznix.org/whylinux...

  2. Reputable source says 50-60 million lines by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Android Approved By Pentagon

    http://www.biznix.org/whylinux/windows/win2000.html

    PERTINENT QUOTE/EXCERPT:

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    "Here's what John Dvorak said about Windows 2000 in PC Magazine on April 6, 1999:

    'With a base of 50 to 60 million lines of code that obviously nobody has a grip on, there has to be an intense feeling of panic within the company'"

    ---

    * I've also seen yet OTHER alternate estimates to the lines of code in Windows 2000, & from others sources too that stated larger numbers than I did @ 30 million lines of code in Windows 2000...

    (Still/Again - What astounded me was my remembering the one I did exactly, 12 yrs. later!)

    APK

    P.S.=> What I also found pretty cool was Windows NT-based OS were claimed to be the largest single programming artifacts in existence, according to that source... oh, & a question: Do you always post back in reply that many days later (5)?...

    ... apk

  3. Re:Isn't it obvious? by macs4all · · Score: 1 · on Figuring Out Why Android Wins On Phones, But Not Tablets

    Yeah, they really put a lot of thought into notifications...

    Actually, I'm sure they did; especially since Jobs spent about 10 minutes of a Keynote talking about it when it first debuted.

    I am not an iOS dev (but I am an embedded dev.); and I would be willing to bet that one of the biggest challenges Apple faced in getting Notifications to work at ALL, was trying to figure out a way that they could be done without compromising Sandboxing, or other security features of iOS Face it, in a non-windowed OS, having something triggered by another app temporarily take over part of your screen could certainly become a vector for attack. Apple was probably just a little too conservative in its approach to the solution, because they didn't want to implement the Notification system down deep enough that it could become a seriously exploitable feature, like the similar "inter-application" message-paths became in Windows.

  4. Re:they don't know what they get until they open t by Mr.+Slippery · · Score: 1 · on Netbook Return Rates Much Higher For Linux Than Windows

    I doubt (but could be wrong) that there is anything inherently better about Linux that makes it more immune to malware...?

    Yes, Linux's design is more secure than Windows, at least through XP. (I exclude Vista only because I don't know much about it, not because I believe it secure.)

    See here and here and here for more information.

  5. Re:I would like to know by kevin_conaway · · Score: 5, Informative · on Windows Vista still Rife with Insecure Code
    I would like to know If the so-called shatter attack still works in Vista. If it does, no amount of privilege limitation can help you.

    Since you didn't provide any useful context to your question, allow me. From here:

    Chris Paget says there is an irreparable hole in Win32. Any application can send a message to any window on the same desktop regardless of whether or not the window is owned by the application, and there is no authentication mechanism to prevent this from happening. Paget has published a white paper describing a "shatter attack" which allows an attacker to gain control of a system by elevating his or her privileges. Microsoft says this does not fit their criteria/definition of a security vulnerability.
  6. Re:Nice FUD From M$! by kryogen1x · · Score: 1 · on Microsoft Will Pay If Its Bugs Damage Your Data

    Here's some more FUD: Linux Myths Mirror

  7. Microsoft's Linux Myths page by ccady · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Compiling a List of Funny Anti-Linux FUD?

    Microsoft's Linux Myths page

  8. How about the Novell office? by Chope · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Paying for LUG Meeting Space?

    The Portland, Oregon Biznix group meets at the local Novell office training room. It seats about 20-30 people. Biznix is ostensibly an all-flavors Unix support group, but proably 85%+ of the discussion centers on Linux.

    This situation of strange bedfellows probably has a lot to do with the fact that the founder had also founded a Novell user group. The Novell group no longer exists, but the founder had a lot of credibility with the local Novel folks and is still on good terms with them.

  9. Re:More viri on MS- why? by UTPinky · · Score: 1 · on Linux Virus Alert

    2) Microsoft's security model has had only a few years of evolution, the UNIX/Linux/BSD model has had almost twenty years of networked connected time to get it right.

    Rather ironic since at one time MS had posted an article on their website in attempt to clarify any "myths" about linux (At the time was a very amusing read). It since has been removed (hrmm... wonder why...) however a cached copy can be found at http://www.biznix.org/whylinux/microsoft1.htm. Anyways the reason why I bring this whole article up, is that one of the reasons that MS stated about why they think NT is better is because "Linux fundamentally relies on 30-year-old operating system technology and architecture"

  10. Re:Advantages of NTFS by Detritus · · Score: 2 · on NTFS vs. FAT32

    NTFS supports multiple streams in a file. See this page. It looks like a generalization of the Mac's resource and data forks.