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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft as a Company => Topic started by: cocoamix on 29 January 2003, 04:42

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Post by: cocoamix on 29 January 2003, 04:42: Fucking priceless (http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/biztech/01/28/microsoft.worm.ap/index.html)
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Post by: DJ on 29 January 2003, 04:49: quote:
This isn't the first time Microsoft has had its own computers attacked when it failed to install software fixes. In 2000, Microsoft was one of the victims of the "I Love You" virus which exploited a known flaw in its Outlook e-mail program.

Not surprising

Dj

[ January 28, 2003: Message edited by: Engineer ]
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Post by: raptor on 29 January 2003, 04:56: that is funny. i read that today.
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Post by: hm_murdock on 29 January 2003, 05:47: Microsuckass: We Suck So Much We Can't Even Be Trusted To Patch Our Own Computers Against The Worm We Caused
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Post by: jtpenrod on 29 January 2003, 07:04: Not surprising at all. The biggest problem is with system administration. The field is full of those with lots of "book-learnin'", but damn little practical experience. Once again, we're seeing the fruits of M$'s emphasis of form over substance. What do you really get with the MCSE cert? The major emphasis of the training is how to pass the exam. Sure, you can pass a test, yet learn virtually nothing other than how to parrot the correct answers with no real understanding of the underlying concepts. IT is full of these atechnological weenies who're in it only for the money.

Secondly, there's M$'s heavy reliance on "perma-temps" who are given essentially full-time, career, positions and yet are treated as temp workers with no benefits: no insurance, no stock options, no matching contributions to their 401k's. Is it any wonder that such employees would be somewhat less than diligent in looking after the interests of the company?

Combine lousey soft written without a care for security (because it's not "sexy", and doesn't "sell"), with certifications that are an utter joke, with employees who really don't give a damn because the company has shown then no loyalty, and what else can you expect?
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Post by: cahult on 29 January 2003, 14:06: See the picture of BG on CNNs article? He looks more like Adolf Hitler than ever? Or a vole. Or maybe a hedgehog (Dinsdale!!!!!!!)*

* For those of you who don
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Post by: Calum on 29 January 2003, 14:27: he looks like a really old snotty little kid. (well he always looked like a snotty little kid, but it looks really weird now that he is too old to be one and he still looks that way).
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Post by: Pissed_Macman on 1 February 2003, 04:12: What I can't figure out is why people still consider Microsoft to be the default software company.
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Post by: Calum on 1 February 2003, 12:42: they are retarts, that's why ;)
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Post by: Pissed_Macman on 1 February 2003, 15:29: I didn't know retardism went that far. That's such retardedness, I can't even wrap my mind around it (which probably means I'm retared as well!).