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Re: MS spins IE security disaster into Windows 7 upgrade opportunity

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____/ nessuno on Tuesday 19 Jan 2010 15:29 : \____

> <Quote>
> overlooking a major PR gaffe, Redmond is instead asking punters to
> look the other way, by upgrading their operating systems to either
> Vista (loaded with IE 7) or Windows 7 (loaded with IE 8).
> 
> Worse still, itâs doing this even though the firm cannot offer a
> watertight guarantee that those later editions of Internet Explorer
> wonât also be exposed to the same security flaw. In fact, they are at
> risk from the same attack.
> </Quote>
> 
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/19/microsoft_xp_ie6_windows_7_security_nightmare/
> 
> Trust us.  Our next OS will fix all your problems.

If not, the next _next_ OS will fix everything. Trust us. Microsoft was talking about Windows 8 SIX MONTHS
before Windows 7 (Vista SP7) was even released.

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