Posted on 10/01/2005 6:49:31 AM PDT by Panerai
Any lock can be picked, just like all software has holes. In fact, there are more holes in Unix/Linux products reported every single week.
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/bulletins/SB05-271.html
I'm not going to bicker semantics with you because it's pointless.
Any lock can be picked, but a defective lock is easier to break than one that works as designed. I didn't mention Linux and I don't use it.
Well according to that link from US-Cert, Unix/Linux products are about 10x more defective.
Yawn. Irrelevant to my point.
Microsoft AND the hackers are to blame for any damage resulting from this flaw.
If a professional thief can open a defective lock, you can be damn sure the maker of the defective lock will be liable.
Trying to insist you'd just as quickly condemn the platforms with 10x as many holes is laughable too.
Never did it.
Sure not taking your word on it. Proof? Precidence?
Never did it.
I know, everyone else always gets a pass with you guys, no matter how much more "defective" their software is.
reported to Microsoft in April, but the company has yet to provide a fix for the problem.
Oh wait its exactly like that..
I know, everyone else always gets a pass with you guys, no matter how much more "defective" their software is.
"you guys?" Just the one of me here, a Windows user. Sorry to deprive you of the only thing you have to say.
Does the security of Microsoft products REALLY rely on the charity of hackers to privately report the defects they find in Microsoft software?
Good Lord, it's worse than I thought. I'm glad I don't use the affected product.
Experts estimate the damage of viruses to be in the billions of dollars.
http://news.com.com/2100-1001_3-240112.html?part=msnbc-cnet
Why wasn't Microsoft responsible to pay for any of it? Not even a single penny? Could it be that most rational people rightfully blame the hackers for these attacks? I'd say yes, obviously.
The whole, some hacker did not tell MS first argument might hold weight if this hole was not revealed nearly 6 months ago! Six months to fix a pretty serious bug, should be long enough..
The hackers should have privately submitted it, so that users weren't exposed. You'd obviously rather lob rotten tomatoes at one of the victims - in this case Microsoft - instead.
LOL
They are a victim, which is why they've never been held liable for any of these damages, your whines about it notwithstanding.
The wahhhhhhmbulance will be by shortly.
You're the whiner, not me. I'm just pointing out the facts, which are, MS isn't liable, and neither are lock companies which was your supposed analogy. The crooks are, which for some reason you seem very interested in protecting.
Things must be getting rough in Redmond. You Microsoft lackeys are doing less strutting these days and more whining.
Too bad so sad.
Pointing out what's right and what's wrong isn't whining. Whining is what you do when it's demonstrated, which is all you've done.
LOL
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