__/ [ Linonut ] on Friday 29 September 2006 22:10 \__
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o'
> wisdom:
>
>> Windows Bugs Still Not Patched
>>
>> ,----[ Excerpt ]
>> | PC World - Two months after hacker HD Moore publicly disclosed 22 bugs,
>> | only two have been fixed.
>> `----
>>
>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20060929/tc_pcworld/127336
>>
>> About a week ago Microsoft received a price for excellence in security or
>> for being trustworthy (I can't recall exactly). It was the US government
>> that granted it, AFAICR.
>
> You're shittin' us!
Yeah, I spent 5 minutes trying to find it in browser history (to no avail).
It was as ridiculous as you would expect. They picked up an award (ignore
the price/prize typos) for trust. Surveys shows that Microsoft has declined
to be one of the least trusted companies according to public view, which
makes one wonder...
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