On Tuesday 02 October 2007 14:36, lyndon sutherland wrote: > OT perhaps, but a wonderful little story none the less. A very similar > storm erupted some time ago over a vulnerability in wireless drivers. > IIRC and ironically enough, George Ou was involved in that one too > (though I think he was actually trying to be one of the good guys). > <snip> > Still, it's like the many stories about the great sales of Vista > (apparently 40 million and that quicker than expected) and how people > love it etc etc. Yet, Dell have apparently had to make XP available, > again, due to customer demand. And Microsoft have now had to extend the > shelf (read sales) life of XP by an extra 5 months. So, if Vista is so > grand and selling so well, why?
For an unlikely explanation, read: http://fussnotes.typepad.com/plexnex/2007/02/vista_sounds_li.html (It's what happens when Discovery One's HAL is caught using a Beta of Vista. ;) > > Cheers > L > > Roy Britten wrote: > > On 25/09/2007, Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Unfortunately, Peter Gutmanns credibility has lately ( in my eyes ) been > >> blighted somewhat by sloppy and inaccurate research... > >> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=299 > > > > In the interests of fairness and presenting both sides of the story, > > Peter Gutmann's response to Ed Bott's criticisms is at > > http://www.cypherpunks.to/~peter/zdnet.txt > > > > Getting OT, > > Roy. -- Clinersterton beademung, with all of love - RIP James Blish ----- Gaul is quartered into three halves. Things which are impossible are equal to each other. Guerrilla warfare means up to their monkey tricks. Extracts from "Schoolboy Howlers" - the collective wisdom of the foolish. ----- Mau e ki, he aha te mea nui? You ask, what is the most important thing? Maku e ki, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata. I reply, it is people, it is people, it is people.
