Competitors Cry Foul At Windows XP, 2K Service Packs

caudron writes "According to an article at ZDNet, a trade group partly funded, not surprisingly, by Microsoft's competitors is claiming that WinXP SP1 and Win2k SP3 contain 6 separate violations of both the letter and spirit of the proposed DOJ Settlement. Equally unsurprising, Microsoft disagrees with them. And so the Case-That-Wouldn't-Die drags ever onward."

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Update: XP Sevice pack 2

[bsharitt]

Microsoft has just released the second service pack for Windows XP, and it contains fixes for all the complaints. In effort to address problems about security andstability, the new service pack also installs the Linux kernel in place of the NT kernel. To allow users fix other problems themself, all Windows source code will be placed in C:\Windows\Source Code

Re:Update: XP Sevice pack 2

[dimator]

I figured I would ignore your lame attempt at humor.

Umm... and by "ignore" did you mean "reply to"?

Re:Update: XP Sevice pack 2

[Bobo_The_Boinger]

I realize you were trying to be funny, but since this is not funny by any stretch of the imagination, I figured I would ignore your lame attempt at humor.

You figured you would ignore their lame attempt at humor? Well, your attempt failed. You replied to their lame attempt at humor. Don't worry, it happens to a lot of us. Just remember, if at first you don't succeed, try, try again! :)

Re:Update: XP Sevice pack 2

[kubrick]

Does it come with a flying pig?

And a pony. I'd really like a pony.

i'd prefer...

[Lord_Slepnir]

Competitors Cry Foul At Windows XP, 2K Service Packs

I'd prefer it if they were to "Cry 'Havoc'! and let slip the dogs of war"

Hmmmm

[wiredog]

Yes the settlement is not final yet, however, Saddam Hussein claims that he is complying with the terms of the proposed settlement. Therefore, it is important to point out Saddam is lying.

Hopefully this will make the UN wise up to the fact that Iraq will find a way around anything.

Re:My experiences with Windows XP Professional

[1984]

So erm, weren't you upset about not being able to use three of those four CPUs in OpenBSD, being as it doesn't yet support SMP, except in an under-development CVS branch?

Re:The -Proposed- Settlement

[stendec]

Microsoft cannot be held accountable for violating rules that don't yet exist.

Trade group: Would you please tell Microsoft to stop?

Judges: We can't do it, man! That's discipline! That's like tellin' Gene Krupa not to go boom boom bam bam bam, boom boom bam bam bam, boom boom boom bam ba ba ba ba, da boo boo tsssssssss ! We don't believe in rules 'cuz, like, we gave them up when we started livin' like freaky beatniks! We tried nothin' and we're all outta ideas.

Sevice is the right word...

[Pippity]

Your post was made especially funny by the fact that SÉVICE as you wrote it is a French word that the HarperCollins dictionary translates as (physical) cruelty, ill treatment .

Sounds about right...

Re:ProComp is full of shite.

[mblase]

But THIS being hard to use? A fucking 10 year old could use it.

Usually, the ten-year-olds are the only ones in the family who can use it.

BOFH

[Anonymous Coward]

...when my boss and the Microsoft representative walked by my desk, and entered the server room.

Yow ! That would've been a fantastic time to perform a test of the halon gas fire suppression system.

XP service pack

[fruey]

I'm crying foul too. My warez copy won't install the service pack. Note to Microsoft lawyers: this is a joke. I run Linux.

enough already

[Anonymous Coward]

Would some Al Qaeda guys do us all a favor and blow up Microsoft?

Saw this, thought it was funny...

[Anonymous Coward]

McDonalds' employee: Welcome to McDonalds, may I take your order you please?
Bill Gates: A big mac please.
McDonalds' employee: A big mac, a coke. $2.99.
Bill Gates: Sorry, I ordered just a big mac.
McDonalds' employee: The coke is part of the meal.
Bill Gates: I don't want the coke, just the Big Mac please.
McDonalds' employee: The coke is free and is part of the meal.
Bill Gates: Until recently the Big Mac was priced at $1.99?
McDonalds' employee: But now the Big Mac has new features. It is bundled with a coke.
Bill Gates: But I already have something to drink so I don't want the coke.
McDonalds' employee: Then you won't get a Big Mac.
Bill Gates: I will take just the Big Mac and pay $1.99, ok?
McDonalds' employee: You can't separate the parts of the meal. They are seamlessly integrated and it would destroy the Big Mac if we seperated them.

whoops

[npietraniec]

You mixed up your facist dictators... An honest mistake. You should have previewed first!

Re:XP will not connect to 2000 by default

[Anonymous Coward]

Or perhaps you're just an incompetent fuck?

Re:Not if Microsoft expands its monopoly

[ceejayoz]

10 LET M$ = "Microsoft"

Windows service packs and bugs ....

[mustangdavis]

• Installed service pack 3 on my Windows 2000 box at work and sp1 on my XP box at home (stop laughing already!)
• IE crashed under Win 2k, XP box won't let me install my new software I "found" on some Russina web site (*just kidding about that last bit*)
• Asked if I wanted to debug or send info to Microsoft
• New MS wireless hardware fails ...
• Realized that I don't have source code to debug ...

.... *lots of yelling and cursing* ....

.... *wondering why MS keeps adding useless functionality to SP's rather than fixing the millions of existing bugs in their GUI interface that sits on top of a piss poor OS* ....

... *realized that there was no need to go to the barber this month* ...

• Press "Enter" to install with graphics
• Type "Text" and press "Enter" to install in text mode
• ....

(* The rest of the partition that this MS Word document is located on has been formated! *)