Calling all bigots

[jeffrey l koehn]

Hey Richard,
Micro$oft SUCKS!!


On Monday 11 March 2002 21:38, you wrote:
> This is getting a little old,  Microsoft made computers a house
> hold product.  This list may never see it, but Linux would not be
> as wide spread if it was not for Microsoft.
>
> This will be second and last time I subscribe to this list, it
> has not changed in the last 2 Years and I don't see it ever
> changing.
>
> I have seen couple of good postings, but most of them are Junk.
>
> Richard
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of
> Jim Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 8:00 PM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: Calling all bigots
>
>
> Back to the uptime, from whence this sprouted.  On that seed, XP
> fails miserably.  If Bill has not updated his system, its not
> because the fixes were not available from the vendor.  The XP
> vulnerabilities, and we all know they are there, will be fixed
> when the vendor decides it is profitable for their shareholders. 
> I think that trumps any so-called uptime stability.
>
> On Monday 11 March 2002 19:44, you wrote:
> > When I see numbers like that, I cringe.  Just looking over the
> > last couple months, these kernel-related SecurityFocus BugTraq
> > advisories have been issued:
> > - 02.03.026
> > - 02.04.004
> > - 02.04.030
> > - 02.09.021
> > (a nice blend of information leakage, DoS attacks, and root
> > exploits).
> >
> > With an uptime that large, I'm betting you have not patched
> > your kernel lately :)  A large uptime is not necessarily a good
> > thing.
> >
> > George
> >
> > Bill Warner wrote:
> > > #uptime
> > > 5:31pm  up 419 days, 21:59,  1 user,  load average: 0.00,
> > > 0.00, 0.00
> > >
> > > talk to me when you get close to this.  (and it is just not
> > > busy right now becase its after 5pm)
> > >
> > > Bill Warner
> > >
> > > On Mon, 2002-03-11 at 15:51, George Toft wrote:
> > > > My wife's shiny new computer, with Windows XP preloaded,
> > > > had to be rebooted this weekend after an appalling 60 days
> > > > of uptime. Look out Linux, it looks like Microsoft is on to
> > > > something.  Now all I have to do is figure out how my son
> > > > can play his games without being an administrator.
> > > >
> > > > George
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