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I think this article is just as relevant:

http://www.bugnet.com/analysis/reports/win98_1.htm l

Want a small, fast, Word-compatible word processor?

Try Word 97. Or hell, even Works.

Users first notice the problem when they try to retrieve e-mail. They are greeted with an error message instead: "The connection to the server has failed." The server is identified as "127.0.0.1" or "pop3.norton.antivirus." Obviously, that's not the name of a normal ISP's POP3 mail server.

Norton AV 2002 installs a layer which intercepts all POP3 and SMTP communications and filters it for virus infection before proceeding. In practice, both incoming and outgoing mail is scanned before being saved and sent for solid security. The new approach means you can use any POP3 mail client, and no additional configuration of your mail server addresses and suchlike is needed, unlike the 2001 version.

This is clearly not flamebait. You see, flamebait is suggesting the Linux is less than perfect, or that Microsoft has had some problems with stability or security in the past. This is all behind us now, though, with Trustworthy Computing.

Flamebait is also a closed up, wooden barn with a slightly lowered floor filled with bails of hay soaking in kerosene.

This is only a lame attempt at a 'Funny' post. Please readjust your safety equiptment and try again.

You are aware that Excel is notorious for innaccurate calculations right? Some of the functions using the built in math libraries return answers that are wrong. And if you use VB scripting, which uses different libraries, the problem gets compounded to answers that are really wrong. See bugnet for some examples. If you insist on using Excel, use a third party (and adequately tested) math library with it for serious precision math.

Your attacker could still use some other exploit that doesn't rely on IIS. I hope you don't think we've seen the last of these.

Note that an exploit like the above wouldn't turn into a Ro0t on a Linux/Unix box because the database server typically doesn't run with system privilege.

(I just searched on both "cyber patrol" and "cyberpatrol" and got no hits on their nonsubscriber section.)

Why not just report the news and let people discuss them here instead of spoon feeding them anti Microsoft propaganda every chance you get?

Ok, discuss this. Its the everchanging list of Top 30 Windows 2000 Bugs. This one is my favorite:

According to Microsoft, Windows 2000 Professional may hang after you install Microsoft IntelliPoint 2.2. Microsoft says that pressing CTRL-ALT-DELETE will not help. To resolve this problem, Microsoft says you have to reinstall Windows 2000 Professional.

11. Here is a situation to avoid, according to Microsoft. When upgrading from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 2000, you may not want to create logical drives within extended partitions on basic disks. A drive geometry translation error in the Logical Disk Manager may trigger this error message: 'Parameter is incorrect.' There is no workaround.

28. Microsoft says that some PC card network adapters may not be able to handle heavy network traffic on a Windows 2000 network, and may either lose their connection or hang. These cards include: 3Com Megahertz 10/100 (3C575); Xircom Credit Card Ethernet IIps (PS-CE2-10); Earlier versions of the Xircom CE2, although later versions are OK. {I find this one the most interesting as it might mean mean that there is a problem with the way Win2k formats ethernet packets.}

30. According to Microsoft, Windows 2000 Professional may hang after you install Microsoft IntelliPoint 2.2. Microsoft says that pressing CTRL-ALT-DELETE will not help. To resolve this problem, Microsoft says you have to reinstall Windows 2000 Professional.

What's funny is that they waited so long to tell anyone about it - this story's been out for AGES - since October, in fact. It was also on MSNBC (which has a content-sharing agreement with BugNet) back then.

Hmmm...

http://www.bugnet.com/alerts/buga lert_102099.html

Well, there will always be people in it for the wrong reasons. Not much anyone can do.

There is a flavour of gcc called mingw32 which does _most_ of the stuff that Borland compilers do. Get FLTK or GTK+ for free and you have a similar development environment. Not as polished as the commercial offerings but good enough for students to fiddle with.

Well, what's wrong with that? It seems to me that students (most of whom are probably broke like me :) wouldn't shell out the money for the commercial alternatives in the first place, so most times the companies aren't losing any money. The same can be said for a lot of the piracy going on... most of them wouldn't pay for it anyway. If I want to learn how to program, I shouldn't have to get reamed by some big corporation to do so.

This is insulting. I develop commercial software for living and we DO NOT stick bugs in it do get people to buy upgrades and we are always honest about our bugs and shortcomings.

That's not what I'm saying at all. What I meant is, it is commonplace for software vendors to ship software with hundreds of known bugs without fixing them. This is well documented, just check out BugNet. If you havn't read The Software Conspiracy by Mark Minasi, I'd recommend checking it out. He does a very good job of pointing out just how fsck'ed the commercial software world can get.

We are very quality oriented and have some of the best developers on the team I ever had a chance to work with. No commercial software needn't be bad or expensive. It is all a matter of managers' attitudes.

Well, good for you. Allow me to clarify: of course not all companies are like that, but it is business as usual, sadly.

I work in the software industry and I've found bugnet.com to be a very useful site when discussing things such as software quality and bugs.

This article is related to this topic, it talks about some people's experiences with the software industry's attitude towards fixing bugs.

I work in the software industry and I've found bugnet.com to be a very useful site when discussing things such as software quality and bugs.

This article is related to this topic, it talks about some people's experiences with the software industry's attitude towards fixing bugs.

Hmm, I guess John Carpenter missed that BugNET article. Or maybe "stuff" is his euphemism for "bug fixes."