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Microsoft up to Old Tricks Again

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the freedom-to-innovate-competitors-out-of-existence dept.

Anonyous Coward writes "According to ZDnet UK News, Microsoft is up to its old trick of breaking competing products by changing Windows. This time it's NT service pack 6, which strangely has a problem with Lotus Notes. It denies users 'access to Lotus Notes on NT unless they have been granted administrative access to the entire network.' So much for the 'findings of fact' putting Microsoft under pressure to stop this sort of thing." Related news: CEGadgets.com publishes the latest NT security hole.

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  1. Roblimo has it all wrong by anewsome · · Score: 4
    It looks like Roblimo might be a little paranoid in his claims about Microsoft. I have a really strong feeling that Microsoft did nothing intentional to break the Lotus product, and I'll even go out on a limb and say that Lotus probably made the problem themselves by using outdated or unpublished API's even after being warned not to by Microsoft.

    On the other hand, either way the end result is still the same in that Lotus gets broken, and that should have been caught in the extensive (yeah right) testing done by MS prior to releasing this beast on the world

  2. Asinine... by Psarchasm · · Score: 4

    Microsoft up to its old tricks? Has Slashdot finally sunk to such depths that it needs to create bogus headlines like these?

    Please name me one operating system that has to, and in many cases succeeds in inter-operating with so many other systems. The weight that Microsoft carries and the scrutiny under which it carries that weight should be a warning to everyone who wants them out of the way.

    Asinine headlines like this one from "Roblimo" only have a place with the rest of the quacks looking for "the smoking man" and UFOs. Because you are making the rest of us look like those quacks when you post that garbage here.

    Here is to hoping that Atlas shrugs.

    (And take note this post was written in Netscape, under Linux 2.3.x)

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    1. Re:Asinine... by Myddrin · · Score: 5

      Please name me one operating system that has to, and in many cases succeeds in inter-operating with so many other systems. The weight that Microsoft carries and the scrutiny under which it carries that weight should be a warning to everyone who wants them out of the way. Erm... excuse me? The Mac, Novell and *nix actually interoperate with more operating systems and do it in a more efficient manner.
      Can you boot your windows box from a ext2 floppy? Can you read Mac disks (w/o third party software). What is this? Do you work in systems integration? Do you realize that most SI work is done with *NIX leading the way and the other OS's following? Asinine headlines like this one from "Roblimo" only have a place with the rest of the quacks looking for "the smoking man" and UFOs. Because you are making the rest of us look like those quacks when you post that garbage here. Even though it is well documented that they did this to DR DOS (could some one through up a link to the article in Dr Dobbs about the code?). Come on buddy, quit checking your MS stock prices and look around.

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  3. Details by SSKennel · · Score: 5
    Apparently, SP6 locks out all ports above 1024 unless you are logged in as Administrator.

    Microsoft is promising a hotfix.

  4. Benefit of the doubt by ch-chuck · · Score: 5

    MSFT has been collecting the benefit of the doubt for so long (i.e., 'trusted', as in trusting the fox to guard the henhouse) that now the tide has turned and even HONEST MISTAKES are perceived as wilful and malicious anti-competitive measures.

    Spread enough FUD and it'll eventually come back to haunt you!

    Chuck

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  5. Re:Has anyone noticed... by Keel · · Score: 4
    Or perhaps people who actually have systems expertise want their voice to be heard over all of the extremist, reverse-FUD that has been going around /. for too long. Many of us use Linux because we like, not because we hate Microsoft or anyone else. Many of us are tired of this silly little war. Many of us are not afraid to admit Linux's shortcomings, or Microsofts strengths. Many of us are actually doing something about it besides bitch bitch bitch.

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