I've noticed this plenty of times before, but I had to
point it out this time. Just so we all know that we're not
totally bias against MS software. I was running an update
on my 2k box today. I have 4 updates, 3 of them have this
quote as the first line of the description of the update:

"A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to 
compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it."

You would think that their marketing people would step in and
find a cutsie way to word it so that it isn't so blatantly ugly,
but that's the quote.

The 4th item says this:

"A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to 
compromise a computer running Internet Explorer and gain control over it"

It's one thing to hack the passwords on a box and "gain control of it"
but every security update that is released shouldn't be like this.
How many linux security problems let the attacker "gain control over" your
box? I'm sure there are some, but no where near the same number of them.

It's not that we're all crazy zealots, they just make crappy software.
Why isn't it so easy for everyone else to see?


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