F*** the BSA. If the BSA comes anywhere near you, and you are not some major corporation who would lose as much from the bad publicity as MS would, flip em off. Tell them to come back with a warrant if they want to conduct any type of audit. THen go to every media outlet you know of (the problem solers, etc.) and explain how MS' jackbooted thugs are harrassing you for no reason, how the cost of doing the audit is a heavy financial burden on your company, etc. MS' can not and dos not want to deal with the bad publicity anymore. Period.
Of course, none of this applies if you have bootleg software all over the place, but if you are legit company who is slightly out of compliance, fight back. And don't forget to call your attorney too.
Windows would be more stable (forget security for a sec) if people would keep it running on hardware designed for Windows with proper drivers sanctioned by Microsoft.
No, you have it backwards. A well designed OS would not barf all over itself and dy because of a bad driver. The driver/device might fail, but the OS would chug right along.
As for open-source there are many pieces of software that just plain suck! We all need to be honest!
You are right, there are plenty of open-source software projects that suck. Of course, there are plenty of closed-source software projects that suck too. I don't see the relevance at all.
or to you believe that being blown-up by an Israeli tank or war-plane is different from being blow-up by a Palestinian suicide-bomber
Yeah, I think it is much different to be blown up by a misguided Israeli tank shell or missile or bomb that wasn't meant to strike me and some lunatic nut suicide bombing terrorist who INTENTIONALLY tries to kill dozens, hundreds or thousands of civilians.
I also remember Palestinians jumping up and down celebrating when the World Trade Center fell. The Palestinians, like the rest of the Arab world, don't want peace with Israel and never have.
WHen did I say that all the destruction in Ramallah or anywhere else in the West Bank was brought about by a misguided bomb? Nice of you to draw conclusions that are devoid of logic.
Here's a tip for the Palestinians: If you don't want tanks and bulldozers rolling through your villages, try not blowing up people in other countries. The Palestinians are victims, victims of being pawns of the other Arab states and their repugnant leadership.
According to the artivle, the Xbox project was originally called project Midway????
They have got to be kidding, naming a project after the naval battle in WWII that turned the tide in the Pacific. Thus, in MS' mind, they are "at war" with the Japanese over the game console industry and hope to "turn the tide" with the Xbox.
How utterly distatsteful to people who gave their lives in such battles, and how *especially* disgusting and disrespectful that must be to the Japanese.
I am dumbfounded. How about Toyota calling the next Camry project Pearl Harbor.
Microsoft continually amazes and disgusts me beyond belief.
They've already killed innocent civilians, violence solves nothing. They're doing exactly what the al-queda (sp?) did to them. They have become terrorists.
It is exactly this same FLAWED logic that people use to portray the Palestinians as victims. Civilians being killed by a bomb from a plane that misses its target and people flying planes into a pair of 110 story skyscrapers are not even REMOTELY equivocal.
Come see The World Trade Center site sometime when you have a chance before you make such misguided comments.
It is 5 cents/min to the U.S., and 29 cents/min to Russia (which I call alot). With my AT&T plan I have now, I get the same rate domestically and 23 cents/min to Russia.
I also checked the international rates to other countries and they are higher too. Now why oh why would anyone use this?
If you look at those varied companies, the underlying theme is not technology, but two words: Customer Service.
If you listen to your customer's needs and wants, you will be successful most of the time. Bad service is the one thing that will drive me away from a company, even if the product/service they are selling is good. There are usually plenty of others selling "good stuff" too.
Yeah, the article is weak and has no details whatsover, but the average management schmo has little to no knowledge about how a product works anyway. They read mags like eWeek and base their decisions on just these kinds of articles.
So drop a copy on his desk with a little note about "same performance, better security." See how nice that sounds.:-D
From the article: "Don't confuse an expansion of the operator strategy with any kind of de-commitment from the idea of user-centric web services that help create a more personalized, more consistent experience across the different technologies in an individual's life."
Let me paraphrase the MicroSpeak: "We are still committed to the idea of controlling all aspects of people's lives beyond the PC. Once we get widespread adoption of.net technologies with the many varied devices out there, we will introduce subtle incompatibilities into the.net product line so that competing companies' products will break or function less efficiently.
Since users have already committed too much time and effort (much like word.doc's), they will then be forced to dump their for the competing MS one. This is how we will leverage our way out from just making the servers to trying to make every single device you use a Microsoft one."
If I am wrong, I will eat my shoes.
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Try Spamcop it can be set up to use with Outlook (not sure about other clients) so that you just click the little magic 8-ball button on your toolbar and your spam is reported.
For stopping these things, or at least ending them fairly quickly, how about an automated "upstream notification" procedure built into web servers, routers and firewalls. Thus, the admin doesn't have to manually notify their provider, the provider gets notified more or less in real time and dynamically adds a rule, and then passes it upstream to the next link. Of course, you would have to have certificates or key pairs that match to have the rule added, otherwise the packet to change the rules gets dropped.
It certainly seems a big step up from what we have now.
I was trying to avoid direct criticism here, but since you started...I understand what disputable means, thank you. Unfortunately I think you need to look into what the scientific method is before writing an article like you did. You reference articles with misleading statistics, your logic has gaping holes in it, and your conclusions are invalid. All other things being EQUAL (developed by the same people, with the same tools, at the same time in computing history, written in the same language, going through the same review process, etc.) open source software would be more secure as *additional people* would be able to audit the code. Comparing AIX or HP-UX to a Linux distro has *no statistical relevance* because there are DOZENS of other factors that *skew* the results. You even say so in your claim that we shouldn't compare Windows to Linux/OSS because they are so different, then go onto to do the same flawed comparison with commercial Unices vs. Linux.
In conclusion, I find your article nothing more than semi-sophisticated FUD. Fear - Be afraid, that OSS might not be very secure. Uncertainty - Well, if it isn't secure you probably shouldn't deploy it, should you. Use commerical software (and keep my paycheck coming). Doubt - Hmm, well, maybe we should stick with the tried and true, good ole MS. (or IBM if we want to go back in time.)
Microsoft really does brainwash their employees. I went to your site about the "myth" of open source software being more secure, and I see where you point to the Security Focus table to try and prove your point. For the *thousandth* time, that table takes into account every single application that ships with a distribution. Can we lump in all the vulnerabilities for MS Office/Outlook, MS Works, SQL Server, and Exchange into the NT/2000 group?
And even with those misleading statistics, the only distro above NT/2000 (42) is Red Hat (54).
Your lack of objectivity renders your entire article irrelevant.
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n fact, a fair number of the last paychecks of the 50 people laid off reportedly didn't clear the bank. Paychecks paid to current employees at the end of March didn't have any funds to cover them either and automatic deposits weren't made.
The people in charge know long before all the money runs out that things are in bad shape. It doesn't sound like they notified any of their employees or gave them any warning so that they could look for other jobs.
Cripes. People have bills to pay and families to feed. Doesn't anyone have a shred of decency anymore?
1. Tell everyone that Unix/Linux is bad. 2. Create a web site to explain the way out of the Unix trap. 3. Host web site on BSD. 4. Remove foot from mouth. 5. Go back to drawing board.
Just to clarify: The buy who killed himself is not the one who saw the characters chasing him, it was another player (a senior in college) who had played for 36 hours straight.
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F*** the BSA. If the BSA comes anywhere near you, and you are not some major corporation who would lose as much from the bad publicity as MS would, flip em off. Tell them to come back with a warrant if they want to conduct any type of audit. THen go to every media outlet you know of (the problem solers, etc.) and explain how MS' jackbooted thugs are harrassing you for no reason, how the cost of doing the audit is a heavy financial burden on your company, etc. MS' can not and dos not want to deal with the bad publicity anymore. Period.
Of course, none of this applies if you have bootleg software all over the place, but if you are legit company who is slightly out of compliance, fight back. And don't forget to call your attorney too.
But with the LCD, we won't have the dastardly spy saying:
:-)
"Curtains, foiled again!"
OK, that was bad. Forgive me.
Now I can begin selling my high-tech, computer privacy protection devices.
I will call them curtains.
Windows would be more stable (forget security for a sec) if people would keep it running on hardware designed for Windows with proper drivers sanctioned by Microsoft.
No, you have it backwards. A well designed OS would not barf all over itself and dy because of a bad driver. The driver/device might fail, but the OS would chug right along.
As for open-source there are many pieces of software that just plain suck! We all need to be honest!
You are right, there are plenty of open-source software projects that suck. Of course, there are plenty of closed-source software projects that suck too. I don't see the relevance at all.
you would remember that it requires a total of 2.7 clicks of the mouse and absolutely no choices are given.
.7 clicks anyway?
How much of a click is
Curious in Carolina,
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The two grumpy guys up in the balcony are now Ballmer and Gates.
or to you believe that being blown-up by an Israeli tank or war-plane is different from being blow-up by a Palestinian suicide-bomber
Yeah, I think it is much different to be blown up by a misguided Israeli tank shell or missile or bomb that wasn't meant to strike me and some lunatic nut suicide bombing terrorist who INTENTIONALLY tries to kill dozens, hundreds or thousands of civilians.
I also remember Palestinians jumping up and down celebrating when the World Trade Center fell. The Palestinians, like the rest of the Arab world, don't want peace with Israel and never have.
WHen did I say that all the destruction in Ramallah or anywhere else in the West Bank was brought about by a misguided bomb? Nice of you to draw conclusions that are devoid of logic.
Here's a tip for the Palestinians: If you don't want tanks and bulldozers rolling through your villages, try not blowing up people in other countries. The Palestinians are victims, victims of being pawns of the other Arab states and their repugnant leadership.
According to the artivle, the Xbox project was originally called project Midway????
They have got to be kidding, naming a project after the naval battle in WWII that turned the tide in the Pacific. Thus, in MS' mind, they are "at war" with the Japanese over the game console industry and hope to "turn the tide" with the Xbox.
How utterly distatsteful to people who gave their lives in such battles, and how *especially* disgusting and disrespectful that must be to the Japanese.
I am dumbfounded. How about Toyota calling the next Camry project Pearl Harbor.
Microsoft continually amazes and disgusts me beyond belief.
They've already killed innocent civilians, violence solves nothing. They're doing exactly what the al-queda (sp?) did to them. They have become terrorists.
It is exactly this same FLAWED logic that people use to portray the Palestinians as victims. Civilians being killed by a bomb from a plane that misses its target and people flying planes into a pair of 110 story skyscrapers are not even REMOTELY equivocal.
Come see The World Trade Center site sometime when you have a chance before you make such misguided comments.
It is 5 cents/min to the U.S., and 29 cents/min to Russia (which I call alot). With my AT&T plan I have now, I get the same rate domestically and 23 cents/min to Russia.
I also checked the international rates to other countries and they are higher too. Now why oh why would anyone use this?
If you look at those varied companies, the underlying theme is not technology, but two words: Customer Service.
If you listen to your customer's needs and wants, you will be successful most of the time. Bad service is the one thing that will drive me away from a company, even if the product/service they are selling is good. There are usually plenty of others selling "good stuff" too.
...since I use Cowboy Neal's email address for all registration forms.
One word.
Coercion.
Yeah, the article is weak and has no details whatsover, but the average management schmo has little to no knowledge about how a product works anyway. They read mags like eWeek and base their decisions on just these kinds of articles.
:-D
So drop a copy on his desk with a little note about "same performance, better security." See how nice that sounds.
From the article:
.net technologies with the many varied devices out there, we will introduce subtle incompatibilities into the .net product line so that competing companies' products will break or function less efficiently.
.doc's), they will then be forced to dump their for the competing MS one. This is how we will leverage our way out from just making the servers to trying to make every single device you use a Microsoft one."
"Don't confuse an expansion of the operator strategy with any kind of de-commitment from the idea of user-centric web services that help create a more personalized, more consistent experience across the different technologies in an individual's life."
Let me paraphrase the MicroSpeak:
"We are still committed to the idea of controlling all aspects of people's lives beyond the PC. Once we get widespread adoption of
Since users have already committed too much time and effort (much like word
If I am wrong, I will eat my shoes.
Try Spamcop it can be set up to use with Outlook (not sure about other clients) so that you just click the little magic 8-ball button on your toolbar and your spam is reported.
Then they would have to call them pocket PPCs.
How modular is Linux?
:-)
Why it is so modular that even its name is modular.
You can call it GNU/Linux or you can call it Linux.
Try that with Windows! "This runs on doze" sounds just plane silly!
I don't see anywhere in the article where I singled out Open Source software for being more insecure than proprietary software...
Um, the entire premise and title of your article about the myth of open source security???.
I'm all done on this thread now.
For stopping these things, or at least ending them fairly quickly, how about an automated "upstream notification" procedure built into web servers, routers and firewalls. Thus, the admin doesn't have to manually notify their provider, the provider gets notified more or less in real time and dynamically adds a rule, and then passes it upstream to the next link. Of course, you would have to have certificates or key pairs that match to have the rule added, otherwise the packet to change the rules gets dropped.
It certainly seems a big step up from what we have now.
I was trying to avoid direct criticism here, but since you started...I understand what disputable means, thank you. Unfortunately I think you need to look into what the scientific method is before writing an article like you did. You reference articles with misleading statistics, your logic has gaping holes in it, and your conclusions are invalid. All other things being EQUAL (developed by the same people, with the same tools, at the same time in computing history, written in the same language, going through the same review process, etc.) open source software would be more secure as *additional people* would be able to audit the code. Comparing AIX or HP-UX to a Linux distro has *no statistical relevance* because there are DOZENS of other factors that *skew* the results. You even say so in your claim that we shouldn't compare Windows to Linux/OSS because they are so different, then go onto to do the same flawed comparison with commercial Unices vs. Linux.
In conclusion, I find your article nothing more than semi-sophisticated FUD.
Fear - Be afraid, that OSS might not be very secure.
Uncertainty - Well, if it isn't secure you probably shouldn't deploy it, should you. Use commerical software (and keep my paycheck coming).
Doubt - Hmm, well, maybe we should stick with the tried and true, good ole MS. (or IBM if we want to go back in time.)
Microsoft really does brainwash their employees. I went to your site about the "myth" of open source software being more secure, and I see where you point to the Security Focus table to try and prove your point. For the *thousandth* time, that table takes into account every single application that ships with a distribution. Can we lump in all the vulnerabilities for MS Office/Outlook, MS Works, SQL Server, and Exchange into the NT/2000 group?
And even with those misleading statistics, the only distro above NT/2000 (42) is Red Hat (54).
Your lack of objectivity renders your entire article irrelevant.
n fact, a fair number of the last paychecks of the 50 people laid off reportedly didn't clear the bank. Paychecks paid to current employees at the end of March didn't have any funds to cover them either and automatic deposits weren't made.
The people in charge know long before all the money runs out that things are in bad shape. It doesn't sound like they notified any of their employees or gave them any warning so that they could look for other jobs.
Cripes. People have bills to pay and families to feed. Doesn't anyone have a shred of decency anymore?
1. Tell everyone that Unix/Linux is bad.
2. Create a web site to explain the way out of the Unix trap.
3. Host web site on BSD.
4. Remove foot from mouth.
5. Go back to drawing board.
Just to clarify: The buy who killed himself is not the one who saw the characters chasing him, it was another player (a senior in college) who had played for 36 hours straight.