Finger-pointing is a trivial task, solving the M$ problem isn't. M$ has built one of the best UIs on the planet, but that doesn't give them a license to ignore all of the security problems in their OS. Check out Red Hat 9. We should exit and destroy our ivory towers; they have no useful purpose anymore. Smart and creative people succeed, regardless of the era/technology/company/product.
Mike -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of yossarian Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 8:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Anti-MS drivel Erich wrote: > What MS actually does is leading customers into a trap. MS Products > look as if they were so easy to use that _every_ body colud work with > it, just like that - "you don't need to know a thing". Intuitive User > interface etc. So, basically, you are blaming the MS people for building a UI that can be used by anyone. Duh. Let's give 'em a TSO interface. That'll scare them away from the computer so they won't just click on any attachment. Better still, they would be using typewriters. Yep, I still miss my Underwood, like others miss the Unix prompt - not concealing the complexity of the beast, or worse. At the same time we can withdraw to the ivory tower of the IT department, where users are just a nuisance. Lets call it Data Central. Don't forget users pay the bill. And to put it bluntly - your job would not exist if it had not been for the PC revolution. Neither would mine. Without MS's distributive powers and later - mid 90s - marketing power, grey haired people probably would still be scribbling in COBOL and we would be delivering the internal mail - by hand in those funny envelopes where you strike out the name of the user before you. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
