pardon me, but it seems like security holes are found in microsoft products on a regular basis. unix holes are found VERY rarely. how can you say it is a level playing field?
Hackers do not target MS products because of "percieved" vulerabilities... they target MS because their products are KNOWN and EXPECTED to have holes.
this seems to be a recurring theme... microsoft releases software, it has holes. maybe the problem isn't with the software, it's with the script kiddies wreaking havoc by exploiting them.
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w00t!!
(k)Word Up! i've been waiting for this for a lizong time!
::drool::
must have KDE 3, too...
the ice caps of Mars are believed to be frozen carbon dioxide
the story got posted. the information is available to the world of /.ers. does it really matter who posted it?
All your giant lunar laser power plant are belong to us!!
a beowulf cluster of giant lunar lasers! hehehe
mini me!! stop humping the frickin' "MASER"
pardon me, but it seems like security holes are found in microsoft products on a regular basis. unix holes are found VERY rarely. how can you say it is a level playing field?
Hackers do not target MS products because of "percieved" vulerabilities... they target MS because their products are KNOWN and EXPECTED to have holes.
this seems to be a recurring theme... microsoft releases software, it has holes. maybe the problem isn't with the software, it's with the script kiddies wreaking havoc by exploiting them.
Looks like i'll be sharpening my hatchet so i can hack up my puter when i see the FBI vans rolling into my driveway.