full-disclosure - Anti-MS drivel

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From: chows at ozemail.com.au (Gregh)
Subject: Anti-MS drivel

----- Original Message -----
From: "David F. Skoll" <dfs@...ringpenguin.com>
To: "Gregh" <chows@...mail.com.au>
Cc: <full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Anti-MS drivel

> On Sun, 18 Jan 2004, Gregh wrote:
>
> > I wonder if you would have the job you have or know the things you know
were
> > it not for MS.
>
> I wasn't planning on responding, but I changed my mind.
>
> Of course I can't answer if I'd have the job I have now if not for MS.
That's
> a silly question; would you have the job you have now if not for UNIX?
IBM?
> The transistor?
>

It's only a silly question if you dont understand the question.

> > I get tired of anti-MS drivel.
>
> *I* get tired of people who dismiss reasoned arguments as "anti-MS
drivel."
>

So show me where I did that in that email.

> Look.  I'll try to spell it out simply.
>

Working to your best advantage is always the best idea. I believe in it,
too.

> Windows has a severe design flaw that has cost the world economy billions
> of dollars.  That design flaw (the encoding of metadata -- specifically,
> "executableness" -- in filenames) has been known since at least 1987 to
> be highly dangerous in a network environment.  Furthermore, that design
> flaw has been exploited several thousand times in the past.  Finally,
> that design flaw cannot be fixed without fundamentally changing the way
> Windows works.
>
> So where does that leave us in 2004?
>

Let's put it another way - if it weren't for MS you wouldn't be able to sit
on your high perch of morals. That suit you?

The fact is that there wouldn't be half the jobs available were it not for
MS. That doesn't mean that their OS writing capabilities are FABULOUS but
there wouldn't be even half the NEED for Internet/Computer related jobs
because more than half the people in any Western Hemisphere nation wouldn't
be using Internet thus the demand wouldn't be there thus the need for web
pages, servers, you name it.

So next time you climb into your saddle, remember not to kick the horse in
the arse. Horse's arses often DON'T see well, do they?

Greg.