Microsoft's Most Successful Failure

m4dm4n writes "As we near the end of mainstream support of Win2k The Register looks back at what it has achieved. What was meant to be Microsoft's most secure OS ever turned into a disaster. Worm after worm changed the face of internet security in Win2k's first 2 years. Five years down the line the battle is far from won, but the improvements are dramatic." From the article: "Things were different in the year 2000. Programmers felt vindicated that the Y2K bug didn't turn out to be that big of a deal. We made it past January 1st, and then it was time to move on. Windows 2000 came out that first quarter, just as security was becoming more interesting to more people -- and Windows was a good place to start. It was also seemed to be the start of a new breed of Windows hackers."

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Re:say what you want...

[AstroDrabb]

but atleast it didn't took me 4 years to get my printer up and running.

But atleast it didn't took you? Did it took you 4 years to pass English 101?

How did it take you "4 years to get your printer up and running"? I installed my HP PSC Scanner/Printer/Copier under Fedora Core Linux in about 15 seconds. It actually took less time under Linux than under MS Windows XP. Under WinXP I had to follow _very_ critical step as to when I plugged in the USB printer. If you plug the USB cable too soon, you would have to download a special remove program from HP and start over. Under Linux, I booted with the HP printer plugged in, and then just picked it from a list and it was installed with support for scanning and printing. Maybe try not to be so theatrical next time?

but why does it always have to be win=bad lin=good everywhere.

I know it is not everywhere. There are plenty of pro-MS sites you can go to that pretty much sound the reverse of /. as in "win=good, lin=bad, mac=bad". Heck, most of the major game sites are all pro-MS. Those game site users don't care about OS features, they only care about being able to play games. Again, most of the pro-gamers out there think "win=good,lin=bad,mac=bad". It all comes down to the audience. Most of the /. users are smart geeks and as such see through the MS marketing crap.