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Gates Says Windows Reliability Is Greater

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the release-the-worms dept.

mogrinz writes "According to an interview with the New York Times, Bill Gates is proud of the achievements Microsoft has made in increasing the security of Windows. As for the effects on people being attacked by SoBig.F, etc? Gates says this is "something we feel very bad about". Gates summarizes the Microsoft position very succinctly: "We're doing our very best, and that's all we can do"."

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  1. Re:Linux is unstable lol! by stwrtpj · · Score: 2, Redundant

    Think linux is stable? Well your wrong! Copy and paste (thats if X's crappy mechanism lets you) this into your nearest xterm and watch the fun!

    man bash
    /ulimit

    ulimit [-SHacdflmnpstuv [limit]]

    Provides control over the resources available to the shell and to processes started by it, on systems that allow such control. The value of limit can be a number in the unit specified for the resource, or the value unlimited. The -H and -S options specify that the hard or soft limit is set for the given resource. A hard limit cannot be increased once it is set; a soft limit may be increased up to the value of the hard limit. If neither -H nor -S is specified, both the soft and hard limits are set. If limit is omitted, the current value of the soft limit of the resource is printed, unless the -H option is given. When more than one resource is specified, the limit name and unit are printed before the value. Other options are interpreted as follows:
    ...
    -u The maximum number of processes available to a single user

    --
    Karma: Frotzed (mostly due to the Frobozz Magic Karma Company)
  2. Re:Fear of lawsuits? Bah! by Ilgaz · · Score: 0, Redundant

    With those EULAS and companies/users accepting them with or without reading they have nothing to get afraid from.

    Even if windowsupdate breaks your computer, wmedia deletes all your mp3'es, you have no right to sue them...

    In world of sheeps, they are the wolf, so I bet BillG smiled even after that question...

  3. Re:No? by Ilgaz · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Er, when will people see those "mega rich people" as Gods?

    All have an working e-mail, maybe oc-192 or E1, but real TCP/IP connections and have IE or something...

    They aren't living on clouds like greek gods, lol...

    So, Bill Gates DEFINATELY reads Slashdot IMHO.