Oh darn, I'm so sorry for my vicious retort. I'd forgotten how badly
words can hurt. If you thought that was a flame you obviously haven't
been around very long.
Of course everyone will make a decision based on what they feel is best
for them. The original post didn't try to tell anyone what to do, it
just pointed to some information. Since it's a good bet that virtually
everyone on this list is running IIS I feel that it was relevant and
that the reply was unnecessary. If the post had said "everyone must
drop IIS immediately" then the reply would have been appropriate.
Dan
Sanford Whiteman wrote:
> Dan,
>
> Why did you feel it necessary to flame? It's quite clear from Mike's
> response that he meant that we don't have to take the advice of shills
> like those from the Gartner Group who profit from the
> multi-thousand-dollar prices they affix to their "full reports." GG
> has a clear motivation to suggest wide-ranging changes in OS and
> applications in order to make their reports look like "must-have,"
> "sexy" analysis, instead of the negligible fluff they usually are (I
> have worked for a few companies who purchased such full reports,
> knowing they were mentioned, and let me assure you that the practical
> worth of the report, as compared with a free trade magazine review,
> was $0).
>
> Instead, Mike suggests, we will decide based on our PERSONAL
> experiences and the other PERSONAL experiences of list members, as
> well as independent trades, when making purchasing decisions. I agree
> with him wholeheartedly.
>
> On the other hand, I would NOT hesitate to blame Microsoft in another
> way: for treating HTML mail as a value-added communications mechanism,
> rather than as the giant security risk it really is, since this is how
> Nimda gets started. Security-conscious MUAs don't let this happen; I
> use The Bat!, which doesn't support "active content" or any other
> bandwidth-destroying, time-wasting stuff, and I can be quite sure my
> workstation won't be an unwilling participant in something like this.
>
> Sandy
>
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