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Re: [News] Symantec Predicts Vista Security Failures

  • Subject: Re: [News] Symantec Predicts Vista Security Failures
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 13:57:35 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: schestowitz.com / Manchester University
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__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Thursday 20 July 2006 09:13 \__

> begin  oe_protect.scr
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> __/ [ Bruce Scott TOK ] on Tuesday 18 July 2006 14:55 \__
>> 
>>>>Symantec sees an Achilles' heel in Vista
>>> 
>>> Would that be due to their plans to sell more security plugs after Vista
>>> comes out?  SCNR...
>> 
>> Whose  plans?  Microsoft's or Symantec's? Don't forget  that
>> Microsoft  now  has  an incentive for making  the  O/S  less
>> secure and sell more annual licences of Wanker (or OneCare).
>> Symantex's  CEO  recommends Apple, by the way. He's  fed  up
>> with  Microsoft,  owing to all these unproductive  antitrust
>> attempts, as well as the realisation that protecting Windows
>> is  a hopeless move. With Windows Vista, the O/S will become
>> a  moving target. With the source code in sight, Wanker will
>> be  at a position of unfair advantage. Shall we send a patch
>> or  shall we 'wank' (i.e. deliver proytection only to Wanker
>> subscriber)? What a bunch of wankers!
> 
> This always brings to mind the immortal phrase from the Life of Brian,
> from Pontious Pilate "He wanks as high as any in Wome!"

[tone type="friendly"]
Whatever. *smile* I saw Life of Brian only once. As a child. Didn't
understand a damn thing.
[/tone]

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