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Microsoft Apologizes To Rival
Geoffrey.landis writes "Microsoft apologized to rival software vendor Corel Corp. for saying that Corel's file format posed a security risk, and issued a set of tools to unblock file types that had been blocked by default in the December Office 2003 service pack. In his blog on the Microsoft site, David Leblanc says 'We did a poor job of describing the default format changes.' He goes on to explain, 'We stated that it was the file formats that were insecure, but this is actually not correct. A file format isn't insecure — it's the code that reads the format that's more or less secure.' As noted by News.com, 'it is the parsing code that Office 2003 uses to open and save the file types that is less secure.' Larry Seltzer at pcmag.com also blogs the story."
When I took a nap at lunch today, did I wake up in a parallel universe?
I Am My Own Worst Enemy
Microsoft said something that didn't make me upset. hmm. in fact, it was the right thing to do! (i'm scared)
David Leblanc admitted to hospital with chair-induced head injuries.
Engineering is the art of compromise.
See! we apologized! Now leave us alone!
"Knowledge is the only instrument of production that is not subject to diminishing returns" -Journal of Political Econom
If they keep this up, I can see their next OS: Microsoft Windows BoW (Block of Wood) Ultimate Edition!
But a block of wood isn't complete safe. Someone could get hurt by it. So they'd have to release SP1 which adds padding.
Microsoft also announced a new head of sales and marketing for Office. Little is know if this new hire... however, people believe his name to be Davrus or Debross, something like that. We'll let you know after the press conference. The new president wants to make sure the everyone attends. Supposedly the name of the Corel plugin engine will be Lorec... a natural evolution of the original plugin.
My father has that in his My Documents-folder. It contains secret passwords.
"" How about taking the safety labels off everything, and let the stupidity-problem solve itself? """
Chuck Norris gets beaten up by the leave-britney-alone kid, and Bruce Schnier gets r00ted.... by Martha Stewart! Social engineering.
Because in Soviet Redmond, the chairs fear YOU!
Seriously, MS has apologized. To a competitor. On a technical subject. Holy friggin WOW. Since god now obviously exists, here's what I'm going to be praying for over the course of the next few years:
-Physics grant gets awarded to grad student who does not have lips wrapped tightly around String Theory schlong
-Dell admits that their computer cases are uglier than your face.
-Apple fanbois shut up. For good. (and I'm typing this on a macbook pro)
-America elects a Good president.
-Myspace creators realize the magnitude of their crime against human civilization and turn themselves in to local authorities.
-I stop wasting my time on slashdot.