Tuesday, May 01, 2001, 2:50:06 AM, Ben Mills wrote:
> What concerns me more is Ritlabs apparent disregard for its customers
> regarding this latest security issue. If it (Ritlabs) has any ambition
> to becoming a major player in the mail client business; the way
> they've handled this exploit has set them back way back. Ritlabs must
> earn business accounts with site licenses, and they've proven to me
> that they don't understand the level of service a corporation demands
> and requires.
Microsoft doesn't either. Their software has too many features
that represent security threats.I think that (and quite sure this is
the case), 70% of the security on Win machines is M$'s job. They
could do a lot to prevent the infections since it's their OS.
Until now, they don't. You'd say, "Look at NT", well I refuse
to, it's a huge gorilla, and sucks to much system resources (in
comparison to Linux which needs about the same resources that
Win 95/98 series needs).
> This PR fiasco will haunt them for a long time. My company has over
> 100 computers with 30-35 running email clients (Eudora 303), I was
> ready to purchase a TB site license until you, I believe, posted the
> info regarding the security issue. Apparently it was kept pretty mum
> on this list and the sparks sure flew when you mentioned it. As it
> stands, I wouldn't purchase or recommend TB for all the tea in China.
> Ritlabs has a great deal of maturing to do before it's ready to
> compete with the incumbents such as Microsoft, Eudora etc.
I do not think they want to compete with M$ (Outlook just
sux), they with Eudora (Qualcomm) which is free. That hard, Eudora has lots
of options and it _is_ secure.
Their PR sucks also. I mean one requests info, and never get it.
That's not really nice, is it ?
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If Bill Gates had a dime for every time a Windows box crashed...
...Oh wait, he already does.
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