When I saw the subject, the song "Let's Do the Time Warp Again" from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" ran through my head. :)
I'd like everyone to note that the title of the article is: "Experts: Reliance On Microsoft A Danger To National Security". Of course, there won't be many M$ apologetics on this mailing list... Maybe we should forward this article to Microsofties that we know. >:) However, after reading the article, I would like to state that government regulation of Microsoft is not the answer. The answer is for affected companies to migrate away from Microsoft towards other operating systems that address the faults of Microsoft in the first place. I would like to know: What keeps companies using Microsoft? What is the overriding factor in the decision to purchase Microsoft as opposed to other operating systems? John Hebert At 21:36 9/24/2003 -0500, you wrote: >http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/dailyarchives.asp?ArticleID=44741 > > >Just a short quote from the article: > >"Ironically, Microsoft's efforts to deny interoperability of Windows with >legitimate non-Microsoft applications have created an environment in which >Microsoft's program interoperate efficiently only with Internet viruses," >said Geer. > >The complexity of Microsoft's software--the report claims that integrating >applications with Windows results in code 15 to 35 times more >complex--results in a similar increase in vulnerabilities. And simply >patching the vulnerability--as Microsoft has increasingly had to do on the >fly as vulnerabilities are disclosed--only exacerbates the problem. > >"I don't think that Microsoft can ever fix this," said Geer. > > > >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >[email protected] >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
