Terry;

Hard to say why we have such problems with Microsoft. It could be a business decision (profits). I have worked at many companies where it was more important to get the product to market then it was to test for problems. All of those companies went out of business.

Does Microsoft do this on purpose? Who knows outside of Microsoft? Some times stamp collecting seems like a better career choice than working with Microsoft products! :)

What is that old expression about don’t give the customer everything? Make them want more! Yes sir! We would like stable products but perhaps Microsoft likes to slowly release “fixes” to make us believe they “really care”.

It is amazing how many 14 year olds are able to hack into Microsoft products. It makes me truly wonder about the mental age at Microsoft?

Oh and if I have offended anyone by suggesting that Microsoft could do things better, I am sorry for having offended you and your feelings towards Microsoft. Some people are entitled to an opinion and at the same time you must be careful of what you say. Such is life.

This topic is reminiscent of the story about “The Emperors New Clothes” with a few basic changes. The weavers (swindlers) are Microsoft sales types and evangelists; the Minister is the vice president of IT, with the Emperor as CEO. :)

Tom


>I understand that Billy is a father figure to many of us!
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>But, many are beginning to believe that these flaws are intentional (exclude anyone that feels having MVP on their resume will be a boon to their careers!). I am trying to understand - beleive me. Everytime I use IE my spy-bots get a fruit bowl of exploits. When I use others - none. MS owns the code, yet we have to wait for the Danes or Chinese to report flaws before Billy starts issuing PR's that a fix is on the way!
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>Give me a break. It's a payback! A backdoor Patriot Act Exploit for uninspired police state geeks to get security contracts with the "brain police" because they can't get work in the real world - a thank you from MS Inc for the current administration's DOJ dropping the monopoly/anti-trust case!.
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>Why else would Billy give so many so much access to our desktops?
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>>I don't think Bill has many east-coast cronies from going to college there. He dropped out long before he graduated.
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>>>http://www.sys-con.com/story/?storyid=47736&de=1
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>>>Their reccomendation - DON'T USE IE!
>>>Brand new security flaw found. The Chinese found 2 last week. The above URL has case studies and a test that generates an extra page if your desktop is exposed.
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>>>I think I see what the problem is. Bill Gates went to an East Coast School, Harvard or Yale or the University of Rhode Island - someplace where the rich people send their kids - - but - if he would have went to UC Berkely, he would had been in school during the "free speech" movement - and would NOT be trying to accomodate all his cronies on the east coast with personal stuff we keep or communicate through our computers.
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>>>Bill - Give away the OS and we won't gripe about how you are try to make sure your east coast cronies get access to our business.
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>>>OR -
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>>>Hire the chinese or the the company (in the URL above) to beta test your next OS / IE "Consumer Secrets' Give Away Software" before you release.
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>>>Bill, Can we still be friends?