Ben Barrett wrote:
Thank you Mr. O -- I find this sort of rant particularly insightful,
and useful to the cause of promoting open-source. Specific examples
of proprietary systems reliably failing to function is good fodder.
Thanks for the detail; thankfully I've never dreamed of installing
that combo but can help others avoid it :)
Ok, then you should love this one. About two weeks ago Microsoft's Anti
Spy ware software decided that part of Symantec 's NAV AntiVirus
software was spyware and prompted the user to removed it. If the user
followed this advice and removed the file they essentially disabled
their computers anti-virus software.
I have a friend who works for Symantec who said this happened to tens
of thousands of users within a couple of hours of the release of the new
Microsoft defs. He said calling this a disaster would be like saying the
Titanic took on some water. Apparently you had to get new defs for
Microsoft (reboot), edit the registry(reboot), uninstall NAV(reboot),
and reinstall it(reboot), all the while hoping you hadn't just gotten a
virus...
Garl
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