NEWS:'Critical' flaw found in Windows

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Adrian said:
<Yawn> Oh, really?

~ Adrian ~-
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YES, mind you I know what you mean, "Tell us something
we don't know!!"

This directx problem is news to me, thank god I run WINME
and not that XP POS!
 
Stacey said:
"Microsoft has issued a warning about a critical security flaw that affects
most versions of its Windows software."

And this is "news"? :-)
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<joke> The difference between Windows and Linux is that Microsoft
*admits* that the Windows OS is flawed.</joke>
 
YES, mind you I know what you mean, "Tell us something
we don't know!!"

This directx problem is news to me, thank god I run WINME
and not that XP POS!
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LOL!!! I'm sorry, I couldn't resist...

~ Adrian ~
 
yes that and windows is popular enough that flaws can be found......
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Lots of linux flaws are found quicker than on Windows. A linux flaw is
found and a rectification posted usually in less than 24 hrs. With
Windows, some flaws don't even get rectified as Microsoft don't see it
as being worthy assuming that Microsoft hasn't swept them under the
carpet.

Bill Gates himself even said he wished he could have the 100,000's of
software engineers that Linux has looking for flaws.

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Lots of linux flaws are found quicker than on Windows. A linux flaw
is
found and a rectification posted usually in less than 24 hrs. With
Windows, some flaws don't even get rectified as Microsoft don't see it
as being worthy assuming that Microsoft hasn't swept them under the
carpet.
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And, some of the fixes aren't publically available. You have to call
MS to request them and prove you have a need for it! That I find
unbelievable. I think they should leave it up to the user to decide
whether they really need it or not...

~ Adrian ~
 
JAD said:
yes that and windows is popular enough that flaws can be found......
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What group of users do you think found the flaws with intels last P3's
that made intel recall them? Hint it wasn't MS users... Given they are the
vast majority one has to ponder on that one.

Linux has plenty of flaws. I've found apps that just don't work right so
move onto another. Problem with windows is you PAY to beta test apps/os's
for them and get worse support than the open sourse versions.
 
And, some of the fixes aren't publically available. You have to call
MS to request them and prove you have a need for it! That I find
unbelievable. I think they should leave it up to the user to decide
whether they really need it or not...
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This'll scare Windows users:

"In an otherwise innocuous article at they NYT (FRRYYY) Bill Gates
says that according to error reporting software in windows, 5% of all
windows installations crash two or more times every day. Gates goes on
to state that Microsoft is looking at charging for some of its software
updates that it now distributes for free."

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/25/1920251&mode=thread&tid=109
&tid=187
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Sat said:
Why would that scare users? I have Windows (2000) on 4 machines at home. I
honestly can't remember the last time I had a crash. Sure, an application
falls on it's face every now and then, but that's not the OSs fault, and it
doesn't take the OS down. So why would I be scared that other Windows users
(I would suspect most of that 5% are using 9x) have two crashes a day?
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Same here. I've been using Win2K Pro for over a year now and have never
had one crash.

I do clean my registry regularly and minimize the apps I install, so
that may have an effect.
 
Why would that scare users?
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Read the last sentence. Think of the number of updates in the last two
weeks.


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Are you sure about that ?
I don't think they would do that, because most of their software would work
on UNIX base system or even on Linux.

I think they work on Win2000 or even NT depending on the dept.

Henry G.
 
Conor said:
Read the last sentence. Think of the number of updates in the last two
weeks.
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I very rarely download updates. I don't see the point in doing it unless it
fixes a problem I am encountering. I am on dial-up, so security isn't of
great concern, although I probably would update more often if I was on a
permanent connection.

The last line is very vague. It isn't a quote to start with, it doesn't say
which updates they are thinking of charging for, and it is only considering
(although I would expect it to happen - the general way to handle these
sorts of things is to get the idea out there first and see the reaction,
then wait a while and maybe charge a small amount for just one or two things
so that there's not too much to complain about, then go on from there).
People have jumped immediately to the conclusion that all updates will be
charged for. That is ludicrous. I will eat my hat if Microsoft start
charging for security fixes. Microsoft are excellent at one thing -
maintaining their market share. Charging for security updates doesn't make
any sense at all.

Gareth
 
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