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Another Microsoft Exec Steps Down
Arcanimus writes "On Tuesday, the corporate vice president of Windows Live and MSN marketing, Martin Taylor, announced that he is leaving Microsoft.
Just three months ago, Taylor was appointed to his new position to manage the marketing of Windows Live. In his 13 years with the company, Taylor even worked directly with CEO Steve Ballmer."
Windows live sucks? I dont know about you but I love Windows live. The fact that we can run an IP based phone system at my office and have all of my calls (With the same number and extension) forwarded to my Cell phone does wonders. On top of that we make plenty of video conference calls and other things which windows live does well. Communication in general is also a breeze. Ontop of that Windows live is easy to deploy.
I dont know what your talkin about but I have had nothing but good things with windows live.
The greatest revenge in life is massive success.
Xbox Veteran Adds to Microsoft Departure Toll...
Your post would be better if you knew what Windows Live actually is.
Here's another hint: No HOLES barred is a commonly used phrase in porn/adult activities and by the dirty minded in general. It's meaning should be pretty self-explanatory. No Holes Barred sounds more appropriate in in this discussion, so stop calling people ignorant and indirectly praising your own 'superior' intelligence.
..."but [Microsoft] also helped spawn Linux"....
Microsoft had exactly zero to do with spawning Linux. Linus and RMS did not start Linux and GNU, respectively, for any reason that involved Microsoft. Linus started Linux to access his school account, and RMS started GNU in moral opposition to being otherwise not allowed to share software Freely.
http://www.blinkenlights.com/classiccmp/gateswhin
Some quotes, dated February 3, 1976.So now you know where it comes from. He always wanted to have the money.
Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
For what it's worth I met Martin Taylor once. Aside from the fact that he worked for M$, I found him to be a great and knowledgeable person. Very engaging. M$ doesn't know what they're missing with his departure.
I hope somebody picks him up and puts him in a position in which he can use his skills.
the future is but past forgotten
"IIS 6 is an excellent web server and is one of the most secure web servers you can use"
.. has a feature that essentially runs the browser as a very low privs user .. This is actually fairly innovative and will undoubtedly make it far more difficult to exploit and holes in IE""
As compared to what exactly?
"It's certainly the most secure application server you can use""
As compared to what exactly?
"It's had a total of 2 vulnerabilities since its release about 4 years ago""
Flash Video Showing Microsoft IIS Being Hacked
"IE 7+
What's innovative about copying what has for years been standard in nix land. Renaming it low-rights, Least-Privilege User Account (LUA) or User Account Protection (UAP) doesn't change this fact. By what standard of logic is low privs any different.
Currently a standard Linux installation and a combination of sudo, chroot, chown, chmod and standard user gives you the same innovative feetures. Now where do I click?
"[IIS is ] "one of the most secure products on the market"
As compared to what exactly?
davecb5620@gmail.com
You think? Until mid 2003 they conducted the exact same financial manipulations that Enron was criticized for. See the following for details:
Sure things have changed there a lot in the last few years. But they were just like Enron except for Enron's shell companies used to multiply deceptive financial reporting. Microsoft's financials were under investigation for many years.
Developers: We can use your help.
ever tried to write a web app installation for IIS6? guess not... guess u havent tried to switch damn thing from using default asp.net 1.1 to 2.0 without gui... or create separate application pool... oh, yeah and these log files in system32 with names like w3c136276236727 is a nice touch too