Mandriva 2009, which was released last week, already includes a very late release candidate and then will soon provide the update to the final release. Source
Maybe that tinfoils on a bit tight, not everything is a conspiracy. M$ has a particular bad record concerning ulterior motives. People have been bitten so many times that erring on the safe side makes perfect sense.
The issue isn't that M$ creates security software but the fact that they'll bundle it with their OS. That means that most people won't install a 3rd party solution 'cause there is already one on the system.
But one with proper security controls put in place like a good virus scanner/firewall/IE settings/anti spyware and creating a non-admin user for web browsing will not be affected. If you're hit by this one, you have only yourself to blame.
Your absolutely right but how many ordinary users have enough knowledge to configure it correctly? Besides running AV, firewall & anti-spyware programs really take a lot of resources and lots of programs need admin privileges to even run.
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Their website states 1500 UTC too. So its one of those rare occasions where there is an error in the summary.
Diamond isn't a metal.
This is an unforeseen hole in the bulletproof Gandhi mechanism, so I foresee a quick "GPL V3.1" to close this.
It already exists. It is called AGPL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGPL/
Mandriva 2009, which was released last week, already includes a very late release candidate and then will soon provide the update to the final release. Source
Those WMDs that Iraq had were spooky, you couldn't even see them!
From what I understand law enforcement can still get the needed information from your ISP. They just have to have a warrant first.
You can bet that anyone wanting to change their vote to "YES" will be adequately coached.
Using nspluginwrapper (link) you can use 32bit Flash (amongst others) with 64bit Firefox.
We already have it too: Press release and Technology overview.
M$ has has a compatibility pack that allows you to open MSOOXML on earlier Office versions. No need to upgrade yet.
Link to read some more info.
I'm not sure what's worse. Have you seen that film?
Delay after delay and when it is finally in space they experience problem after problem.
Looks a lot like a Micro$oft product to me.
It's a dupe because we've had reports about this on 2004/08/10, 2003/08/13, 2002/08/08, ...
I can almost see a pattern emerging... D'oh!
NdG.
Anywhere in Northern Europe. I would include the south too for the climate but they experience quiet severe earthquakes from time to time.
Yeah, it was probably a cheap Chinese copy... Oh wait.
So Scrat really did survive the Ice Age.
I think the SEC is targeting the wrong company in the SCO vs. IBM lawsuit.
Ha-Ha! Your metadata is showing!
Only if there's Linux ccode in it.
Why don't you tell them yourself: http://gimp.org/bugs/
The issue isn't that M$ creates security software but the fact that they'll bundle it with their OS. That means that most people won't install a 3rd party solution 'cause there is already one on the system.
But one with proper security controls put in place like a good virus scanner/firewall/IE settings/anti spyware and creating a non-admin user for web browsing will not be affected. If you're hit by this one, you have only yourself to blame.
Your absolutely right but how many ordinary users have enough knowledge to configure it correctly?
Besides running AV, firewall & anti-spyware programs really take a lot of resources and lots of programs need admin privileges to even run.