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Windows XP SP2 Could Break Some Applications
Denver_80203 writes "An article from InfoWorld states that the upcoming Windows XP Service Pack 2 could break some 'unsecure applications.' In a quote from Tony Goodhew, a product manager in Microsoft's developer group says 'It doesn't really matter how long it is going to take you to do the work; security is an important issue and developers need to start doing that work now.' Or: 'The great bulk of applications will not be affected by memory protection. The number one that leaps to mind is execution environments with just-in-time code generation. The .Net Framework is one.' Fortunately for us, they are offering a course to guide the unsecure masses."
"the upcoming Windows XP Service Pack 2 could break some 'unsecure applications.'"
That's just about every application in Windows XP
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another reason for the company I work for to NOT migrate from Windows 2000.
Thank you Microsoft!
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
Open Office, Mozilla, Java based applications, Apache with PHP, and other applications written by a bunch of programmers without a management control :)
"the upcoming Windows XP Service Pack 2 could break some 'unsecure applications.'" I thought service packs were supposed to FIX the operating system.
Fortunately for us, they are offering a course to guide the unsecure masses.
The blind leading the seeing?
c++;
Obviously never had to use MFC then eh? .NET provides a nice clean set of APIs that aren't retarted.
QuickTime
RealPlayer
Fuck, where do I sign?
no microsoft would never do this, they would be sued for doing so, you know anticompetitive business tactics and the like...
but wait... there was something...
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QA software testers & coders will cry out in anguish over this.....more work for them to do
I don't think the will "cry out in anguish" if they've got any sense. In today's market they'll jump for joy, knowing that their jobs are safe for another few months.
If this breaks insecure apps like Mozilla/Netscape/Firefox, the logical thing would be that it smashes IE into oblivion.
I couldn't come up with any better sign....
As superstitious as this sounds I have found this to be true over the years with Microsoft. Almost without fail the even numbered SP's have broken features and the odd numbered ones fix them. I'll wait for SP3.
Besides, the combination of my Netgear firewall, McAfee Virusscan and just not opening strange attachments in my email protects me just fine.
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In a quote from Tony Goodhew, a product manager in Microsoft's developer group says 'It doesn't really matter how long it is going to take you to do the work; security is an important issue and developers need to start doing that work now.
Not to flame, cause i'm not like that, but c'mon!?!
Pot to Kettle, "Guess who's black?"
They that give up functionality to obtain a little security deserve neither functionality nor security.
Yeah, or something like that.
There ain't no rules here; we're trying to accomplish something.
The kind of moron who needs an excuse for why his midterm wasn't ready? :^P
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
Upgrading to 2.6 was not a forced security upgrade, but simply an option.
Installing XP SP2 will not be a "forced security upgrade" either but also "simply an option".
...Will it break KaZaa?
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The address still says slashdot.org, but there is approval of something Microsoft has done...
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seems like a great way to give people a longhorn
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What about changing our shorts as often as we switch distros?
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