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   Andrew DeFaria to scratch   
   Re: Mozilla on Windows 95?   
   06 Feb 05 08:08:34   
   
   XPost: alt.windows95, netscape.public.mozilla.general   
   From: Andrew@DeFaria.com   
      
   scratch wrote:   
      
   > Andrew DeFaria wrote:   
   >   
   >>   Chaos Master wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> This is Andrew DeFaria for forever:   
   >>>   
   >>> [Mozilla on Windows 95]   
   >>>   
   >>>> But Windows 95 is even older! What's that like 10 years old now?   
   >>>   
   >>> IE 5.5 has security flaws... Windows 95 doesn't have big flaws,   
   >>> AFAIK. This is the reason that made me move to Mozilla.   
   >>   
   >> Huh? Windows 95 has no security - FAT has no security. Windows 95 is   
   >> not multiuser. To me those are big flaws.   
   >   
   > no security, eh?  explain the discrepancy in the number of holes that   
   > have been found in XP vs. those that have been found in 95 when, as   
   > you point out, the latter is twice as old.  and XP's home edition has   
   > the security stripped out of NTFS.   
      
   Whatever dude. If you're OK with running 10 year old software that   
   doesn't know what the concept of a user is, provide no such security   
   permissions for files, etc. then have at it.   
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