tired of this kind of argument. get a life!!! > -----Original Message----- > From: Darth Darknerd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 24, 2001 3:29 PM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Re: [Offtopic] RE: JDBC Driver for MS SQL Server > > > I wouldn't know about "extensive QA process" or the terrorist thing. > Microsoft ships with thousands of known bugs, and even QA > still misses > some huge bugs, and also security type issues are just not > addressed in QA. > (This coming from previous experience working for QA at > Microsoft in > Cupertino). > > What's really scary is that Microsoft deviates from the basic concept > around web technologies where the client SHOULD NOT ACCESS > the hard drive > or the local client period!!! Exception being these cookies, > which have > been exploited previously. Just a week or so ago, my machine > was infected > by the MINDA virus, and all I did was browse the net, albeit > with IE and > going to an infected IIS server. > > There motto should be... > > ... Microsoft: Making it Easier (for Terrorists and Virus > Writers!!) > > Hat's off to open source!!! Open Source community is concerned for > security, while Microsoft's priorities are obviously not. > > On Tuesday, December 18, 2001, at 08:59 AM, Justin Rowles wrote: > > >> I certainly agree on this opinion! I got bloody knuckles > from the MS > >> driver (really just OEM'd from Merant before they spun > off). bigint > >> didn't work at all right out of the gate. How many other bugs are > >> lurking if such an obvious one made it through the "extensive" QA > >> process? > > > > According to the current /. [slashdot.org] front page, a member of > > Al-Qaeda > > is claiming that MS was infiltrated and that there are > deliberate bugs and > > trapdoors in XP. Microsoft says that the their "extensive > QA process" > > hasn't picked up anything. > > > > Open source is safer for your critical applications. > Apache, Tomcat, GNU > > et > > al are great. > > > > J. > > This message was brought to you by Fear, Uncertainty and Dubya. > > -- > > You're only jealous cos the little penguins are talking to me. > >
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