[Bush2000]

The possibilities are endless, and since both spoof issues appear to be unfixable, it must surely place a big question mark over Explorer’s viability as a browser.

Oh, puh-lease. This so-called "exploit" is hardly "devastating" or "unfixable". It doesn't work on Windows XP at all. Why not? Because Windows XP locates temporary files in "C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Temp". A crafted HTML file with an tag cannot know what "" is; therefore, the executable cannot run and the attack will fail.

[Bush2000]

Erg, let's try this again. The ActiveX control does not know the absolute path to "C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Local Settings\Temp" because it lacks knowledge of who the "[USER]" is.

[Swordmaker]

Oh, puh-lease. This so-called "exploit" is hardly "devastating" or "unfixable".

I see you are loading your petard again.

Has your rear end healed from the last time you were hoist on it?

[antiRepublicrat]

Bush, don't forget to factor this in your TCO argument. Microsoft forgot to factor in the devastating cost of the viruses it always get hit with. $250 million so far, shared among Windows users.

"The largest cost will come from medium-to-small sized companies with 400 employees or less, said Andy Cummins, CEO of technology services firm U.S. Networks. "We think MyDoom will cost these companies $48,000 to $58,000 (each) to secure themselves from MyDoom,"

That, plus the fact that you usually need fewer admins for a Linux system and the actually non-existant sysadmin pay gap (source: Foote Partners, an independent IT salary research firm that doesn't do commissioned surveys), throws the TCO way towards Linux.