[OT] Microsoft

[Zog The Undenia]

Run Windows Update on the Win2K box...we have 1 critical
update for you (IE6 with Internet Tools).

OK...go on then.

Out of interest, run Windows Update again...we now have 5
critical updates for you because the version of IE6 we gave
you needs patching.

They really are pathetic, aren't they? Why not just make a
patched version of IE6 available for download?

 

[Zog The Undenia]

Zog The Undeniable wrote:

> Run Windows Update on the Win2K box...we have 1 critical
> update for you (IE6 with Internet Tools).
>
> OK...go on then.
>
> Out of interest, run Windows Update again...we now have 5
> critical updates for you because the version of IE6 we
> gave you needs patching.

Aaargh...and ANOTHER one FFS!

 

[Dave Larrington]

Simon Brooke wrote:

> There are alternatives, you know. If you don't like
> Windows, you don't have to use it.

Unless, that is, one does all this Usenettery, web-golfing,
usw on one's employer's coin. In which case one has to use
what one is given.

Bah!

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[Simon Brooke]

in message <[email protected]>, Dave Larrington
('[email protected]') wrote:

> Simon Brooke wrote:
>
>> There are alternatives, you know. If you don't like
>> Windows, you don't have to use it.
>
> Unless, that is, one does all this Usenettery, web-
> golfing, usw on one's employer's coin. In which case one
> has to use what one is given.

So that's why there are never any nuts when you need them!

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[Gawnsoft]

On Wed, 19 May 2004 18:58:46 +0100, Zog The Undeniable
<[email protected]> wrote (more or less):

>Zog The Undeniable wrote:
>
>> Run Windows Update on the Win2K box...we have 1 critical
>> update for you (IE6 with Internet Tools).
>>
>> OK...go on then.
>>
>> Out of interest, run Windows Update again...we now have 5
>> critical updates for you because the version of IE6 we
>> gave you needs patching.
>
>Aaargh...and ANOTHER one FFS!

Even if you use Windows, why use IE?

Mozilla Firefox, Opera, and then IE are my typical uses.
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[Gawnsoft]

On Wed, 19 May 2004 18:58:46 +0100, Zog The Undeniable
<[email protected]> wrote (more or less):

>Zog The Undeniable wrote:
>
>> Run Windows Update on the Win2K box...we have 1 critical
>> update for you (IE6 with Internet Tools).
>>
>> OK...go on then.
>>
>> Out of interest, run Windows Update again...we now have 5
>> critical updates for you because the version of IE6 we
>> gave you needs patching.
>
>Aaargh...and ANOTHER one FFS!

Even if you use Windows, why use IE?

Mozilla Firefox, Opera, and then IE are my typical uses.
--
Cheers, Euan Gawnsoft: http://www.gawnsoft.co.sr
Symbian/Epoc wiki: http://html.dnsalias.net:1122 Smalltalk
links (harvested from comp.lang.smalltalk)
http://html.dnsalias.net/gawnsoft/smalltalk

 

[Zog The Undenia]

Gawnsoft wrote:

> Even if you use Windows, why use IE?
>
> Mozilla Firefox, Opera, and then IE are my typical uses.

I don't use IE - normally (see headers). This was for my FTP
server, which I keep patched. Unfortunately as there is no
way to remove IE from Windows 2000, you have to continually
patch the thing. Some security holes can be exploited even
if it isn't the default browser.

 

[Simon Brooke]

in message <40ad0df1.0@entanet>, Zog The Undeniable
('[email protected]') wrote:

> Gawnsoft wrote:
>
>> Even if you use Windows, why use IE?
>>
>> Mozilla Firefox, Opera, and then IE are my typical uses.
>
> I don't use IE - normally (see headers). This was for my
> FTP server, which I keep patched.

No.

No, really.

Don't run Microsoft *anything* on a public-facing
Internet server.

Really, don't do it. And for FTP of all things..... no.

Thet way lies very deep grief.

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