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| Thread ID: 24261 | 2002-09-07 01:39:00 | Talk about stating the obvious! | John Grieve (367) | Press F1 |
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| 77242 | 2002-09-07 01:39:00 | "Brian Valentine, senior vice-president in charge of Microsoft's Windows development, has made a grim admission to the Microsoft Windows Server .net developer conference in Seattle, USA. "I'm not proud," he told delegates yesterday (5 September). "We really haven't done everything we could to protect our customers. Our products just aren't engineered for security," admitted Valentine, who since 1998 has headed Microsoft's Windows division" |
John Grieve (367) | ||
| 77243 | 2002-09-07 01:48:00 | nor are they engineered for stability, nor in some cases usability or user friendliness... What ARE they engineered for? |
loser (538) | ||
| 77244 | 2002-09-07 02:05:00 | They are all engineered to make as quick a buck as possible. | SoniKalien (792) | ||
| 77245 | 2002-09-07 02:23:00 | LOL LOL Well what is the answer / alternatives, and if is SO viable, why aren't we all using it. |
Baldy (26) | ||
| 77246 | 2002-09-07 02:26:00 | > What ARE they engineered for? Getting our money. |
E.ric (351) | ||
| 77247 | 2002-09-07 02:32:00 | linux? the reason that i use windows, even though I dislike it, is simple. I HAVE to. Need it to run certain programs for university. Need it to run cool games. The fact is that mostly we are just stuck with windows. It is installed, by default, on all new pc's, and the general public has NO idea that there is an alternative. Most people don't realise that there is a way to get windows off your computer, and that there are alternatives to it... and even if they do, it's not worth the bother for most people to learn something new... As an example, how many of your friends run a non MS OS? Bill Gates is the devil :D |
loser (538) | ||
| 77248 | 2002-09-07 07:02:00 | > Bill Gates is the devil :D Thats a bit strong. Bill Gates is someone who saw a gap and went for it. NewZealanders hate that...... |
Baldy (26) | ||
| 77249 | 2002-09-07 07:37:00 | I think security for MS will always be a problem. A near monopoly on so many things makes them a prime target for hacker/Virii exposures. Still no excuse though, they just dont think about security enough perhaps. Take IIS as an example - you would take Apache anyday considering the holes in IIS. And Apache is more popular yet little/no security probs. | parry (27) | ||
| 77250 | 2002-09-07 14:00:00 | I don't know that it's just a New Zealand thing. Bill has definitely made some very smart business moves, and has done very well for himself. In terms of his product though, well, it's not all it's cracked up to be is it? |
loser (538) | ||
| 77251 | 2002-09-07 14:20:00 | > I HAVE to. Need it to run certain programs for university. I guess I'm lucky, I need Linux at my uni. :p |
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