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Re: [News] What is Microsoft Hiding So Religiously?

Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Kroes sets deadline for Microsoft to hand over software secrets
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Ms Kroes said: "I am not impressed if someone says 90% of the
> | information is already there when we need 100%. It's a jigsaw
> | and some parts are missing ... In my opinion, this information
> | should have been here a couple of months ago."
> `----
>
> http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1947759,00.html
>
> I suppose Microsoft is not prepared to reveal its dark secrets. Half a
> billion people that the US government has full access to everything they do
> or store. They still have Vista to sell... with a new & improved EULA, DRM,
> and WGA.
>
> By the way, the Chinese, German and French government can confirm that there
> are deliberate back doors (with undocumented protocols for access, surely).
>
> Yesterday:
>
> Microsoft warns of 5 "critical" security holes
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Microsoft Corp.  on Tuesday issued five
> | "critical" security patches to fix flaws in its software
> | that the company warned could allow attackers to take
> | control of a user's computer.
> `----
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061114/tc_nm/microsoft_security_dc

3 out of the last 5 updates to my Ubuntu system were to "fix" buffer
overflow security flaws. All SW has them. Linux too.

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