On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Ed Leafe <[email protected]> wrote: > On Apr 21, 2010, at 2:36 PM, Stephen Russell wrote: > >> Open Source is free as in Frustration. >> >> Don't let anyone lie to you and say that it is not. > > > Well, why not fight anecdote with anecdote! > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > At 11 a.m. today, 4/21, McAfee, released an update to its customers that > improperly identified a critical component of Windows as having a virus. > > The majority of McAfee’s customers worldwide, automatically propagates these > virus definitions to their client PCs. > > Roughly 800,000 PCs randomly distributed across the world automatically > received the virus scan update and are now experiencing repetitive reboots. > These computers are not functioning at this time and will be offline until > the problem is fixed. > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > http://andreyf.tumblr.com/post/538652366/info-roundup-mcafee-kills-computers-worldwide > ( -or- http://j.mp/b4zZeD ) > > So I guess I don't understand: you PAID for this software, you PAID > for your OS, but you are still subject to having your computer totally hosed > for no good reason? So if open source costs time instead of money, > proprietary software costs time AND money! ------------------------------
Testing is still skipped so WTF. Have a homebrew and don't worry till IT fixes it! Long ago I paid McAfee and found that they were wacked. Maybe the rest of the world should follow suit? Funny was when they lied about grabbing 1 gig of virus on my laptop back then and it was only a 6 or 10 gig drive. I kept running out of space! Task info identified what app was making this file and I had prof. They didn't or was it "wouldn't" admit it. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer CIMSgts 901.246-0159 cell _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
