What the hell are you talking about? You can visit Technet to download the patch without looking through firewall logs to see what exe was downloaded. The same switches for silent/no reboot STILL work for this patch just as they always have.
Try to research what you write before you go about spreading FUD about Microsoft's practices.
I would like to contribute to a defense fund of sorts for FatWallet - this is a worthy fight and legal fees are going to be expensive - anyone know if they are accepting donations or not? This case can set a very scary precedent, so hopefully this will gain national news.
If we can afford to give a trillion dollar+ tax cut to the middle to upper class citizens of this country, then we can afford 40 billion spent on the research and science of tomorrow.
40 billion is a lot to me and you, but to the US government, its pocket change.
The vast majority of potential buyers of PGP will not want to fiddle around with the source code. This way Zimmermann's company can satisfy its core customer base along with the majority of geeks who like to mess around with the source code of a great piece of software. Its actually a pretty good idea IMO.
If he can get corporations and individuals to buy his product, then where is the harm? I wish him the best of luck on trying to profit from his creation. Of course, the license is very prohibitive, but I don't see that as being a major factor affecting sales.
Since Sci-Fi fronted the cost for this mini-series, then they will end up profiting off of a DVD sale. So, I am not sure what you will actually gain by buying it on DVD instead of watching it on the tube.
At my current employer, IT training is looked at in a good light - we have quite a bit budgeted for training purposes. You can schedule any class that is approved by your manager (network guys take network classes, programmer guys take programmer classes), and the company will pay for it. They also pay for your rental car/flight and your meals and lodging as well. The company also pays for your first attempt at any test you want to take for certification purposes - but if you fail the first one then you have to pay for the rest out of your own pocket. We also get to travel to some select conferences as well (tech ed, SANS, etc). This is probably not the norm for most IT shops, but I thought this would be a good "best case" scenario.
What Microsoft is doing is telling Elias (moderator of Bugtraq) that he cannot *change* the content of the original email that the MS security bulletins are sent out in. That is totally different than saying that MS has copyrighted the advisory and won't allow Bugtraq to post it...
Basically, the new MS format is very non-informative, and therefore, not very helpful for those in need of information about a new vulnerability. They want to centralize the location of their advisories so that customers can get up to date information in one place on the web.
I applaud them for trying this out, but I don't think it is the best way to go. I still prefer the old method of sending out all of the advisory in a single email.
Furthermore, this won't stop MS advisories from being posted by the people who have found the hole(there will be plenty of those I am sure) - and those are usually more informative anyway...
It seems that MS might be losing some of the power that it once had with PC manufacturers. With the up and coming power of Linux - and major manufacturers choosing to install and support it as a reliable alternative to win32 products - one has to wonder when Microsoft will start to slash prices on their OS. I do not think it will be too long before MS realizes that NT wont be able to stand up to the pressures of Linux with its current cost/reliability issues are further scrutinized by IT shops in industry.
We all know that this is a publicity stunt. The comments talking about what format he used to submit his answers is a moot point. The guy got his 15 minutes of fame - and quite frankly, there are probably a lot of jealous readers out there. It is obvious that the guy has no real skills - hell, he admits that himself. I think that people need to take this "interview" with a grain of salt and maybe concentrate on some *important* issues - such as the chaos that will occur once everyone in the mainstream realizes that - by god - people might actually LIE to get on TV.
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What the hell are you talking about? You can visit Technet to download the patch without looking through firewall logs to see what exe was downloaded. The same switches for silent/no reboot STILL work for this patch just as they always have.
Try to research what you write before you go about spreading FUD about Microsoft's practices.
I would like to contribute to a defense fund of sorts for FatWallet - this is a worthy fight and legal fees are going to be expensive - anyone know if they are accepting donations or not? This case can set a very scary precedent, so hopefully this will gain national news.
- Rick
If we can afford to give a trillion dollar+ tax cut to the middle to upper class citizens of this country, then we can afford 40 billion spent on the research and science of tomorrow.
40 billion is a lot to me and you, but to the US government, its pocket change.
- Rick
The vast majority of potential buyers of PGP will not want to fiddle around with the source code. This way Zimmermann's company can satisfy its core customer base along with the majority of geeks who like to mess around with the source code of a great piece of software. Its actually a pretty good idea IMO.
- Rick
If he can get corporations and individuals to buy his product, then where is the harm? I wish him the best of luck on trying to profit from his creation. Of course, the license is very prohibitive, but I don't see that as being a major factor affecting sales.
- Rick
Since Sci-Fi fronted the cost for this mini-series, then they will end up profiting off of a DVD sale. So, I am not sure what you will actually gain by buying it on DVD instead of watching it on the tube.
- Rick
At my current employer, IT training is looked at in a good light - we have quite a bit budgeted for training purposes. You can schedule any class that is approved by your manager (network guys take network classes, programmer guys take programmer classes), and the company will pay for it. They also pay for your rental car/flight and your meals and lodging as well. The company also pays for your first attempt at any test you want to take for certification purposes - but if you fail the first one then you have to pay for the rest out of your own pocket. We also get to travel to some select conferences as well (tech ed, SANS, etc). This is probably not the norm for most IT shops, but I thought this would be a good "best case" scenario.
My current employer is NiSource.
- Rick
www.bluealien.org
What Microsoft is doing is telling Elias (moderator of Bugtraq) that he cannot *change* the content of the original email that the MS security bulletins are sent out in. That is totally different than saying that MS has copyrighted the advisory and won't allow Bugtraq to post it...
Basically, the new MS format is very non-informative, and therefore, not very helpful for those in need of information about a new vulnerability. They want to centralize the location of their advisories so that customers can get up to date information in one place on the web.
I applaud them for trying this out, but I don't think it is the best way to go. I still prefer the old method of sending out all of the advisory in a single email.
Furthermore, this won't stop MS advisories from being posted by the people who have found the hole(there will be plenty of those I am sure) - and those are usually more informative anyway...
- Rick
www.bluealien.org
Why does Slashdot continually post old news? This article ran over 6 months ago...
www.bluealien.org
It seems that MS might be losing some of the power that it once had with PC manufacturers. With the up and coming power of Linux - and major manufacturers choosing to install and support it as a reliable alternative to win32 products - one has to wonder when Microsoft will start to slash prices on their OS. I do not think it will be too long before MS realizes that NT wont be able to stand up to the pressures of Linux with its current cost/reliability issues are further scrutinized by IT shops in industry.
www.bluealien.org
We all know that this is a publicity stunt. The comments talking about what format he used to submit his answers is a moot point. The guy got his 15 minutes of fame - and quite frankly, there are probably a lot of jealous readers out there. It is obvious that the guy has no real skills - hell, he admits that himself. I think that people need to take this "interview" with a grain of salt and maybe concentrate on some *important* issues - such as the chaos that will occur once everyone in the mainstream realizes that - by god - people might actually LIE to get on TV.
Just a thought
- Rick
www.bluealien.org