In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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wrote
on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 22:44:56 +0100
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> __/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Wednesday 20 September 2006 20:00 \__
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>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Larry Qualig
>> <lqualig@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote
>> on 20 Sep 2006 07:18:22 -0700
>> <1158761902.751723.327030@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>>From Fool.com (Motley Fool)
>>>
>>> <quote>
>>> Microsoft's antitrust woes with the EU are old news by now, as is the
>>> EU's pigheaded, danged-if-you-do, danged-if-you-don't stance on
>>> non-issues such as uncoupling Windows Media Player from the OS.
>>
>> Yes, the bastards. They should instead just roll over and accept
>> the New Reality(tm), which is of course Microsoft Windows Vista(tm).
>> It'll Fix Everything(tm).
>
>
> It'll also increase the capacity of spambots (or Windows PC's if you prefer
> to think of them as innocent, user-facing apparatuses).
Hmmm...was that "it'll fix everything" or "put everything in a fix"?
*scratches head*
>
>
>> The EU is so priggish in requiring that the market be level, isn't it?
>>
>>> Turned
>>> out no one wanted that stripped-down version of the OS over there, but
>>> why let facts get in the way of protectionist zeal?)
>>>
>>> The Catch-22 for Microsoft is that security is a huge deal to
>>> consumers. And, truth be told, the beta versions of its latest security
>>> tools for Vista -- such as Windows Defender -- are much better
>>> integrated than the patchwork of third-party stuff that used to muck up
>>> my machine. But by creating more robust tools to better serve
>>> consumers' demand for security, Microsoft may run afoul of European
>>> regulators.
>>>
>>> Alas, it's not the only double standard under which Mr. Softy is forced
>>> to labor. A few days ago, I noticed a story about a certain widely used
>>> Internet browser that, according to the source, contained "611 defects
>>> and 71 potential security vulnerabilities."
>>
>> All of which are false, of course. Most SPAM is sent by compromised
>> Linux machines. As proof, one can look at the correlation between SPAM
>> output and Linux adoption. :-) As more Linux boxes are adopted, the
>> amount of SPAM increases....
>
>
> *LOL*
;-)
>
>
>>> Should have been front-page news, right? Well, it wasn't, and I'm
>>> guessing the reason the press didn't pick up on it was that the browser
>>> was Firefox.
>>
>> Ah, well in that case, one needs to replace Firefox with
>> IE pronto. This is easily done.
>>
>> http://www.ies4linux.com/
>>
>> Note that this is strictly legal only for dual-boot systems.
>
>
> I opine that it should be illegalised altogether. Internet Explorer is an
> open door to a full system compromise, primarily due to ActiveX controls.
> This contaminates the WWW.
It already has, to some extent. I did it because I needed
to use IE for work. I sure wish we could replace our
bugtracker system; I could then use Epiphany exclusively.
(Firefox is a little slow to fire up on this system for
some reason. On the plus side, Firefox has great SVG
support.)
>
>
>>> </quote>
>>>
>>> http://www.fool.com/news/mft/2006/mft06091210.htm
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