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Date Posted: 16:15:36 03/23/04 Tue
Author: Bob
Subject: Lose face to who?
In reply to: Mt. healthy Mountaineer 's message, "Not only are the fixes free, they're regarded as professional failures..." on 15:38:31 03/23/04 Tue

Mac puts out regular patches
Linux puts out regular patches

So who, exactly, is standing in their ivory tower passing judgement on MS? How does identifying and fixing a problem cause MS to "lose face"?

Operating systems are some of the most complex things ever built. The inner relationships between the components is mind boggling for me, a professional programmer. It's far more complex than a car or any electronic appliance in your house.

I have written programs far simpler than the products that MS put out and bugs are virtually impossible to eliminate and what people complain about with MS aren't technically bugs -- they're interfaces with weaknesses that can be exploited.

People complain about MS because there's no one else to complain about. Mac is a joke -- MS had to step in and bail them out so that they could conveniently maintain the illusion of having a competitor.

Linux is starting to gain ground as a viable web server but has stayed under the bug radar since they still make up a very small portion of the boxes on the web -- but they'll prove just as security prone as MS is. Just a month ago, someone found a exploit that would give a user access to the system's password table . . . oopsie!

MS gained their market share with the DOS partnership with IBM but have has remained ahead of their competition by producing quality products.

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I personally have no problem with Microsoft. -- Craig, 17:25:28 03/23/04 Tue
Re: Lose face to who? -- mt. healthy mountaineer, 19:03:10 03/24/04 Wed