Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Microsoft: Evil Empire or Suitable Software?

[Ian Monroe <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Windows 98 any edition always comes up with BSODs and is not a secure
operating system. Any sotfware can access pratically any part of the
memory, what is up with that? And there are the GDI resources that limit
the how one can multiask because it uses "magic numbers" instead of real
pointers, which is legacy from 3.1 version of Windows in the 4 mb's of ram
days. Windows 2000 I've never used, but it still has some of the mentioned
legacy though not as bad as 98 (I've read).

I agree IE is one of the best browsers (Konqueror coming in a close
second), but you have to wonder if that isn't because it is the most
popular browser. Perhaps any browser that is the popular browser (and not
really unstable like all browers were a few years ago) will be the best
because then web pages will write to it.

And wasn't Outlook responible for the Melissa virsus? The Melissa virsus
was the best example of why having so many people using the same software
is a Bad Thing.

I've never actually used Messenger but I don't like it because it is
on the default install (I think) meaning it will pop on the school
computers which are installed by people to lazy to uncheck those things.

And IIS should be added to the Prosecution. Isn't it supposed to be doing
its worm-induced massive DDOS actacks as I write this? 

Ian


On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, McNutt, Justin M. wrote:

> Prosecution's Evidence:
>  
> Internet Explorer v4.0
> Windows 3.1
> Windows 95
> MS Office (any version)
> Windows XP
> "Subscription" licenses
> WINS
> Active Directory
> Hotmail
>  
> Defense's Evidence:
>  
> Internet Explorer v5.5
> Outlook (well, at least OL98)
> Windows 98 (NOT SE)
> Windows 2000
> Active Directory
> MS SQL server
> Flight Simulator
> Solitaire
> Minesweeper
> Freecell
> 3D Cadet Pinball
> MSN Messenger
>  
> Just sticking to software, and not necessarily business practices (I
> consider "subscription licenses" to walk the line, since it's part of the
> software).  Their business practices are heinous, but what about the actual
> products?  Hmmm...
> 
> Later... 

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