On Friday 15 August 2003 08:59 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Friday August 15 2003 05:02 pm, Charles A Edwards wrote: > > On 16 Aug 2003 07:49:28 +1000 > > > > Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Wonder if they're going to change their official stance on > > > linux and OSS now that they've had to resort to linux to save > > > their ass? > > > > No, once it has passed, they'll probably just fire the tech who > > set it up and disavow any knowledge of it. > > > > > > Charles > > Well someone please tell me how you'd run Microsoft-IIS/6.0 on > Linux ?? ... or is the server just spoofed?
Tom: >From what I could make out from the Netcraft FAQ, they've got the Linux machine out front with the MS stuff behind that. My guess is that the main concern at MS is what happens when August 16 gets here (which it already has in many places) and all of those wormed machines start attacking at the same time that all of the leave-it-to-the-last-minute guys (I'm a charter member of that club) start updating, creating a double DOS attack. This would be a real black eye for MS after all of the crap about Trustworthy Computing (from what I've read, this critter only affects W2K and XP, NOT the old 9.x stuff), and would make the Munich city fathers look very astute indeed. In a situation like this, even Steve Ballmer would probably say, "Open source, open schmource, just keep the update site open!" (Add profanities to suit.) This is going to be an interesting weekend. -- cmg
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