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Opera 7.0 Security Holes ... Fixed
An anonymous reader writes "GreyMagic has issued five new security advisories for the recently-released Opera 7.0. They affect the security model, the javascript console, images, the history and the error log (allowing access to the history). A new version will be released within 24 hours to fix the holes, according to an article at The Register." Update: 02/05 02:01 GMT by T : An anonymous reader writes "Opera Software have just released Opera 7.01 for Windows. This version fixes the recently discovered security holes less than 24 hours after they were discovered - a very impressive turnaround! The release is currently only available on Opera's FTP site. It can be downloaded with Java (12.9Mb) or without (3.3Mb)."
oPERA sUCKS!
Using Opera 7
One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered *BSD community when IDC confirmed that *BSD market share has dropped yet again, now down to less than a fraction of 1 percent of all servers. Coming on the heels of a recent Netcraft survey which plainly states that *BSD has lost more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. *BSD is collapsing in complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by failing dead last in the recent Sys Admin comprehensive networking test.
You don't need to be a Kreskin to predict *BSD's future. The hand writing is on the wall: *BSD faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for *BSD because *BSD is dying. Things are looking very bad for *BSD. As many of us are already aware, *BSD continues to lose market share. Red ink flows like a river of blood.
FreeBSD is the most endangered of them all, having lost 93% of its core developers. The sudden and unpleasant departures of long time FreeBSD developers Jordan Hubbard and Mike Smith only serve to underscore the point more clearly. There can no longer be any doubt: FreeBSD is dying.
Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers.
OpenBSD leader Theo states that there are 7000 users of OpenBSD. How many users of NetBSD are there? Let's see. The number of OpenBSD versus NetBSD posts on Usenet is roughly in ratio of 5 to 1. Therefore there are about 7000/5 = 1400 NetBSD users. BSD/OS posts on Usenet are about half of the volume of NetBSD posts. Therefore there are about 700 users of BSD/OS. A recent article put FreeBSD at about 80 percent of the *BSD market. Therefore there are (7000+1400+700)*4 = 36400 FreeBSD users. This is consistent with the number of FreeBSD Usenet posts.
Due to the troubles of Walnut Creek, abysmal sales and so on, FreeBSD went out of business and was taken over by BSDI who sell another troubled OS. Now BSDI is also dead, its corpse turned over to yet another charnel house.
All major surveys show that *BSD has steadily declined in market share. *BSD is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If *BSD is to survive at all it will be among OS dilettante dabblers. *BSD continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, *BSD is dead.
Fact: *BSD is dying
One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered Google community when IDC confirmed that Google market share has dropped yet again, now down to less than a fraction of 1 percent of all web searches. Coming on the heels of a recent Netcraft survey which plainly states that Google has lost more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. Google is collapsing in complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by Yahoo's failure to renew its exclusive deal with Google.
You don't need to be a Kreskin to predict Google's future. The hand writing is on the wall: Google faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for Google because Google is dying. Things are looking very bad for Google. As many of us are already aware, Google continues to lose market share. Red ink flows like a river of blood.
Google search is the most endangered of them all, having lost most of its core affiliates. The sudden and unpleasant departures of Yahoo and AOL only serve to underscore the point more clearly. There can no longer be any doubt: Google is dying.
Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers.
Google.com founder Sergey Brin states that there are 7000 users of Google. How many users of Verity are there? Let's see. The number of Google versus Verity posts on USENET is roughly in ratio of 5 to 1. Therefore there are about 7000/5 = 1400 Verity users. AskJeeves posts on USENET are about half of the volume of Verity posts. Therefore there are about 700 users of Inktomi. A recent article put Teoma at about 80 percent of the search engine market. Therefore there are (7000+1400+700)*4 = 36400 Google users. This is consistent with the number of Google USENET posts.
Due to the troubles of Google News, abysmal sales and so on, Google is going out of business and will probably be taken over by idealab! who operate another troubled search engine. Now Inktomi is also dead, its corpse turned over to yet another charnel house.
All major surveys show that Google has steadily declined in market share. Google is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If Google is to survive at all it will be among search engine dilettante dabblers. Google continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, Google is dead.
Fact: Google is dying
> If you can put up with a small, non-flashing banner ad, it's totally free as in beer.
No, sorry, I can NOT put up with such dreck. And why the hell would I, when there are FREE (as in beer and as in freedom), more powerful, and open alternatives like Mozilla and Phoenix. Grab a clue, MS weenie!
It's not Microsoft or AOL/TW
So?
Mouse gestures are nice
I'm not that lazy. It's not worth money.
Tabbed browser windows are great
I press alt+tab for IE, or I move the mouse down the screen instead of up. Oooh. Wow.
Easily installed skins and color schemes are fun
True. But worth money?
Email client is nice
I've got 10 others that do the same thing: they read email.
CSS that doesn't work in IE appears to work in Opera
Example that's not found on Opera.com?
Ability to EASILY turn on/off pop-up windows, including ability to allow requested-only.
I don't surf porn, I jsut make it. Thus, I don't see popups.
Many, many customizable features
It's a browser. How much do I have to customize it?
Speed. Always faster than IE
Nanoseconds? I'm not a computer. I don't notice.
Again, nothing worth paying for. There's no value there. It may be better, but not good enough to pay any amount of money for.
Yeah. Great idea. Let's fuck our Internet experience by turning off one of the most widely used web standards. And while you're at it, let's go and edit text files! Great idea! Wait a minute...this reminds me of something. Begins with an M, ends with an ozilla. Any guesses, kids? No, actually, it doesn't. Here...let me pipe the output of yes and include that as a module to one of the source files. Now it's that secret browser of ours.
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_______}__{______=-=-=-=-=-=-=____\0_/
___/_#\__"/_#\___1/2_Man__________}__{___
__/_/###\/###_\__2/3_Horse____/___\"__/__\
_/_/_\##/\##/\_\_=-=-=-=-=-=-/_/_.____._\_\
{_!___}____{__!_}___________/_/\________/\_\
_\_\__}__._{_/_/___________{_!__\______/__!_}
__\_\/______\_/_____________\_\__|_()_|_/__/
___j{########}t______________\_\/__||__\_/
____{__\`##/_}________________j{___||___}t
_____\____\_/_________________/____||____\
______\____Y_________________/____{||}____\
_______`,___\_______________;__/_/(__)\_\__;
________{`___}_____________(___/'______`\___)
________{'__/______________&_//__________\\_&
________;=//______________/_/'____________`\_\
_______;__/______________/\_)______________(_/\
______,__,______________/_.'________________`._\
_____(,_\_____________,y_,'__________________`,_y
_____|\__;___________=='________________________`
I HATE SLASHDOT!I HATE SLASHDOT!I HATE SLASHDOT!I HATE SLASHDOT!I HATE SLASHDOT!I HATE SLASHDOT!I HATE SLASHDOT!I HATE SLASHDOT!I HATE SLASHDOT!I HATE SLASHDOT!I HATE SLASHDOT!I HATE SLASHDOT!I HATE SLASHDOT!I HATE SLASHDOT!I HATE SLASHDOT!I HATE SLASHDOT!I HATE SLASHDOT!I HATE SLASHDOT!
I guess this security finding shows -- Opera is shit. If you don't want to pay for this Opera shit... try these. w-EeiCL-QyJFS-3mYfc-rFzFh-NMFWk w-ChPii-dvunr-wmiwC-tLcMs-WahwF w-X5eKx-neJUc-3EMTP-ABLJv-KEDiV w-iJ8Xe-VP3my-LTheH-w4DUQ-zyhEw
Just because I said the UI is a steaming fucking pile doesn't mean I said you shouldn't use it.
Secondly, learn to take some criticism. I don't use the browser I use because I hate Opera (what a bizarre position to take...), I use it because I think it's better than anything else for my needs. I also happen to think that it's better than Opera for most other peoples' needs, but I'm certainly not shoving it down anyone's throat - these are just my opionions.
Finally, don't quote numbers to me. 6 million downloads (let's not confuse the number of downloads with the number of people who actually keep and use the app, thanks.) for a commercial product is not bad, but it's a tiny percentage of web users. According to Browser News, Gecko based browsers are way ahead of this.
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