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Kintaro:
MS/DOJ Stuff:
http://pcworld.idg.com.au/idg2.nsf/p/0006C34A?OpenDocument&n=e&c=PC
Security Holes:
http://pcworld.idg.com.au/idg2.nsf/p/0006C2DA?OpenDocument&n=e&c=PC
Ctrl Alt Del 123:
The only reason I care about the MS Anti-trust case is because of all the MS middleware I can get rid of with SP1.
And for the MSN messenger flaw, AIM had one too, so has Yahoo.
iancom:
quote: And for the MSN messenger flaw, AIM had one too, so has Yahoo.
--- End quote ---
...but no-one was forced into being exposed to the AIM/Yahoo vulnerabilities simply by installing their operating system.
With XP (and I was gobsmacked when I first installed XP [I had to for one of our Directors' laptops...] and found this) it's incredibly difficult to properly get rid of MSN Messenger. Most normal users just won't be able to do it, or will give up and live with it.
And that leaves them exposed to a security hole in a product they didn't ask for, don't need and in fact don't want...
Ctrl Alt Del 123:
I agree with you, I HATE it how MSN messenger is forced on users with XP. However, SP1 for XP lets normal users easily uninstall it (supposedly).
Calum:
in my experience, every new patch for windows makes it more and more unstable. why should you need to install a patch? i have nothing against releasing patches actually, but M$ has a habit of their patches "updating" dlls and registry entries that never needed to be touched in the first place, making programs break and fail. They don't ask your permission, and it makes the whole system unstable.
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