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Weekly Microsoft Critical Security Issue

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the yet-another-choice-hole dept.

An anonymous reader sent in linkage to a zd story discussing the latest Windows Security Patches including an especially nice hole letting Java apps gain total control of your machine and assist you in reclaiming disk space by, say, reformating your drive.

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  1. How about "Weekly whingeand moan about MS" instead by Pvt_Waldo · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    As tiring as the updates are, it's even more tiring to hear the same old whinging about MS.

  2. Re:jvm by TheNetAvenger · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The bug is from the fact that SUN has PROHIBITED Microsoft from updating their JAVA VM since 1999.

    If Microsoft was allowed to updated their VM, then stuff like this would not be happening.

    Sun screwed themselves, this is not a Microsoft problem. Sun targeted Microsoft, other Java VM developers have been able to add 'extensions' to Java just like Microsoft did, Sun went after Microsoft because it was MICROSOFT.

    Sun has gotten what they deserve. Trying to keep a technology propriety by strangling it to death.

    JAVA is like a rock, it moves really slow and always sinks to the bottom.

    I thought this board supported the open source movement, JAVA is far from this. C# was opened to the standards body for other vendors to create C#. JAVS had yet to do this, and never will.

  3. Re:Clueless by The+Bungi · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Wow. Every time I think Slashdot has hit bottom, someone surprises me.

  4. Re:Clueless by The+Bungi · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Well you certainly proved that you are not an ignorant fuck after all.

    It's unfortunate you've been unable to do the same.

    3000 packages

    Since Debian has more "packages", it must be the superior OS. OK, I get it.