Vista Security Discussions Get a Rocky Start

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Vista Security Discussions Get a Rocky Start

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday October 20, 2006 @01:27AM from the get-it-together dept.

narramissic writes "A technical glitch Thursday morning prevented many security vendors from participating in the first online discussion regarding Microsoft's plans for opening up the Vista kernel, ITworld reports. In a blog posting on the subject, Microsoft Senior Product Manager Stephen Toulouse wrote, 'We had a glitch where we sent out a messed up link. ... We're very sorry about that, it certainly was not intentional and we definitely see that was not a good thing for people to experience on such an important topic.'"

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What a relief! by justinbach · 2006-10-20 01:29 · Score: 5, Funny

'We had a glitch where we sent out a messed up link. ... We're very sorry about that, it certainly was not intentional and we definitely see that was not a good thing for people to experience on such an important topic.'"

Phew! It was just an accident!

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So... by Anonymous Coward · 2006-10-20 01:29 · Score: 5, Funny

Sending out messed up operating systems is also a glitch I take it?
1. Re:So... by Monsuco · 2006-10-20 02:54 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  I think judging by the way MS works, if the OS isn't messed up that is a glitch.
  
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Security experts biggest question... by __aaclcg7560 · 2006-10-20 01:31 · Score: 4, Funny

'We had a glitch where we sent out a messed up link. ... We're very sorry about that, it certainly was not intentional and we definitely see that was not a good thing for people to experience on such an important topic.'

Was it a glitch, a bug or a feature? Inquiring minds want to know...
Huh... by tygerstripes · 2006-10-20 01:32 · Score: 4, Funny

Yeah, well, it was a link to an IIS server.

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1. Re:Huh... by recordMyRides · 2006-10-20 01:37 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  That sound you heard? That was the sound of someone losing their job.
  
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2. Re:Huh... by tygerstripes · 2006-10-20 01:40 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  What, like... that strange meaty clattering sound as though a ballistic chair were hitting a peon?
  
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3. Re:Huh... by Overly+Critical+Guy · 2006-10-20 04:16 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Microsofties don't lose their jobs; they just get sent to the MSN group.
  
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A Rocky Start For Vista? by Analein · 2006-10-20 01:33 · Score: 5, Funny

You mean like Steve Ballmer jogging along the beach, throwing sparring chairs at punching dolls while some 80s influenced background music accompanies his efforts to fucking kill everybody? Nice, really.
1. Re:A Rocky Start For Vista? by Anonymous Coward · 2006-10-20 01:42 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Steve Ballmer doesn't jog along the beach. The beach moves beneath his feet.
Mail template to security vendors by Znort · 2006-10-20 01:38 · Score: 1, Funny

Dear [insert security vendor's contact]

You couldn't attend the meeting ?

That's really too bad because many very very interesting topics were presented for the first and only time. By missing this important event, you were discalified from any further information that might be made availble in the future.

Sorry for the inconvenience
[insert name and title here]
Re:Move along....nothing to see here. by Anonymous Coward · 2006-10-20 01:39 · Score: 1, Funny

To err is human.

To really foul something up, use a computer.
We're all victims by Gracenotes · 2006-10-20 01:50 · Score: 3, Funny

Yeah, well, it was a link to an IIS server.
Yet another innocent soul taken by the immoral horrors of RAS syndrome. We're drowning in acronoyms! Somebody get some SCUBA apparatus.
This is a first! by giafly · 2006-10-20 01:55 · Score: 5, Funny
Your search - "totally our fault" site:microsoft.com - did not match any documents.

Suggestions:
- Make sure all words are spelled correctly.
- Try different keywords.
- Try more general keywords.
- Try fewer keywords
Google
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At least they could... by shirizaki · 2006-10-20 02:00 · Score: 2, Funny

Zune the security companies audio files of what they missed.

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Sure by Dunbal · 2006-10-20 02:06 · Score: 4, Funny

'We had a glitch where we sent out a messed up link. ... We're very sorry about that,

A source has informed up that the "messed up link" was in fact a link to tubgirl. Disciplinary action has been taken against the employee responsible. The project manager for Symantec was quoted as saying the experience was "educational", and he is likely never to click on that link again...

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Re:Extra! Extra! by Dunbal · 2006-10-20 02:14 · Score: 5, Funny

Slashdot has just sunk to a new low of pointlessness in their "articles". Urgh.

You think that's bad - wait for the dupe.

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No... by akincisor · 2006-10-20 02:23 · Score: 4, Funny

Thats their business model.
1. Re:No... by DRUNK_BEAR · 2006-10-20 03:30 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  and they've patented it.
  
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