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Microsoft: We Make Hackers Obsolete
bahamat writes "This article explains how Microsoft was forced to yank a magazine ad by the Advertising Standards Authority. In the ad MS claims that they'll make the hacker extinct. The tagline reads "Microsoft software is carefully designed to keep your company's valuable information in, and unauthorised people and viruses out. Which means that your data couldn't really be safer, even if you kept it in a safe. Which is great news for the survival of your company. But tragic news for hackers." Does MS really think that people are too stupid to remember what happened less than 2 months ago? My favorite quote from the article is "Clarke described Microsoft's claim as "laughable". "
NetInfo connection failed for server 127.0.0.1/local
Strange, I don't see any of you nerds commenting on the various sendmail or Samba flaws that have come out recently?
Oh, I forgot, you're nerds. You worship Unix blindly.
1. So which is it, Open Source is a panacea of quality and security or "it's free, what can you expect?"
2. Bull. How many sites actually apply the fixes that quickly? Microsoft is usually reasonably timely with the patches, it's just that people take their sweet damned time installing them.
3. Because no one gives a shit about Unix, and no one is running it. If someone developed the killer 'elm' virus, the 5 people in the world infected could just look over their cubicles and warn eachother.
Cisco may have to run it past technical folks, but in their case, it means they are all liars. Speaking as someone that works in that environment everyday, I see more underhanded things they do to bribe, lie and brainwash people everyday. Their equipment is the most inferior equipment in the industry, yet they are the biggest. They will be the next IBM (and not in the good way).