Symantec, Windows users beset by Vista SP1 flaws

ZDNet ^ | 03/24/08 | Tom Espiner

[null and void]

I believe the technical term for your post #67 is "Damning with faint praise"

Did you quit selling Macs because they fired your sorry butt? That would explain you rabid support of MS...

[tokenatheist]

Why do you not consider the operating systems released by Microsoft to not be ‘real’?

[tokenatheist]

I believe that the US Government does have access to the Windows source code repository.

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/jan06/01-25EUSourceCodePR.mspx

[null and void]

Hey! Welcome to FR!

[D-fendr]

We already had a great OS that was built right here - by IBM. It was called OS/2. But the Press lied about it and took Microsoft Windows side in the OS/2 wars and IBM cowards surrendered the fight.

I think the press was stupid enough to believe MS's "product release announcements".

And, if memory serves, that was the birth of Vapor Ware.

[tokenatheist]

Might want to to tell the DoD that that windows source license they have isn’t real.

[Golden Eagle]

Of course not, we all switched to PC’s and most everyone is still using them today. More customizable and affordable, but I still recommend Apple for those who want something different, or Sun Solaris if you want something for big iron. Great American products, yet some get in a tizzy I won’t support their foreign born Linux clone for some reason.

[null and void]

I use both Wintel and Mac.

The Mac lets me concentrate on my work.

The Wintel box forces me to concentrate on the tool.

[null and void]

Of course not, we all switched to PC’s

All your customers switched to PC's?

Color me slightly skeptical.

[Knitebane]

Here.

Here.

And here.

That should get you started. I have dozens more.

The industry trueism:

Microsoft Windows x64: 64 bit rewrite of a 32 bit extension and graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprossessor, written by a 2 bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition.

[null and void]

Ain’t that the truth!

[Knitebane]

I believe that the US Government does have access to the Windows source code repository.

1. The article refers to allowing the EU to see Windows source code, not the U.S. Government or U.S. businesses.

2. The WSSP is widely seen in industry as insufficient at best (not all of the source code is available) and a poison pill at worst. (If you get a WSSP license and you ever develop a competing product, even by accident, you will become a target for Microsoft's legal team.)

[Knitebane]

Might want to to tell the DoD that that windows source license they have isn’t real.

Okay.

[Knitebane]

I use the best American products that support capitalist and conservative ideals.

Liar.

You routinely shout down any U.S. company that has anything to do with Linux.

Come on, buzzard. Say something good about RedHat or SuSE.

And repudiate Microsoft for giving their source code the the Chinese Communists.

I dare ya.

[Knitebane]

Sheesh. That's what I get for posting before coffee.

The correct term is WSPP, also know as the Window Source Patent Peril.

[dhs12345]

Thanks. Will remember Kapersky. Am running McAffe because it is free via Comcast.

Businesses need to realize that there are huge cultural and language issues when they outsource their tech support.

They don't get it.

Many cultures outside of the US don't understand that “the customer is always right.”

When I or my wife have dealt with tech support in India they have always been useless and a waste of time and almost always very rude.

[Golden Eagle]

More name calling of course, lost on the facts too. It’s people liike you who help keep your crappy clone stuck down at 2 percent of users, but you’re oblivious to that too LOL.

[Knitebane]

It’s people liike you who help keep your crappy clone stuck down at 2 percent of users, but you’re oblivious to that too LOL.

Yes, because the number of people using something is always a reflection of the quality of the product.

And I notice that you do a lot of whining about the facts but you don't post links to any refuting articles.

Just so we are clear:

Fact: Microsoft gave the source code to Windows to the Chinese communists while denying the Windows source code to American businesses.

Fact: You've tried to deny this fact but have had your butt handed to you with posted articles.

Fact: You have never denounced Microsoft for cozying up to the Chicoms.

Fact: You continuously whine about how Linux source is available to the Chinese in every thread you try to hijack, but once I mention that Linux source is also available to American businesses you stop...until the next thread.

Fact: As soon as one of your points is shot down you invariably switch to another outdated, refuted subject.

[cspackler]

I gotta give you credit. No matter what problem normal MS users have, you ALWAYS manage to avoid it.

I have 2 Vista machines at home, installed SP1 on both in one afternoon, one completely unattended. Both booted back up and I have had ZERO problems, other than a little smaller memory footprint. Some people just read a story about some guy named Biff in Sheboygan who had issues becase he was trying to install on a 6 year old laptop with 5 year old drivers and assume that it's the end of the world.

As long as you have plenty of memory, Vista is fine. I have had far fewr lockups than I ever had with XP. Some people just have to b!tch about MS at all costs.

[cspackler]

The Wintel box forces me to concentrate on the tool.

Well, maybe you should quit using it to cruise porn sites...