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   Lloyd Parsons to Clavicus Vile   
   Re: Did Microsoft *Ever* Care About Secu   
   09 Feb 11 14:32:45   
   
   XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: lloydparsons@mac.com   
      
   In article ,   
    "Clavicus Vile"  wrote:   
      
   > "Lloyd Parsons"  wrote in message   
   > news:lloydparsons-883DFF.12550109022011@port80.individual.net...   
   > > In article ,   
   > > "Clavicus Vile"  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> "Justin"  wrote in message   
   > >> news:justin-82D9BE.19484006022011@62-183-169-81.bb.dnainternet.fi...   
   > >> > Its almost as if they're not even trying.   
   > >>   
   > >> That's what those automatic security updates make you think?   
   > >>   
   > >> > Do they intentionally make their OS insecure and prone to rogue   
   > >> > installations?   
   > >>   
   > >> No.    Windows is full of confidence, it's not insecure at all.   It's   
   > >> not   
   > >> unsecure either.   
   > >>   
   > > Yeah, so good that they have to 'update' it every fucking week!   
   >   
   > You take those weekly updates as a sign of Microsoft's lack of concern?   
   >   
   > It's becoming increasing obvious why you were forced into retirement.   
   >   
   Not as a sign of not being concerned, just a lack of ability to write an   
   OS that doesn't need to be updated every week.   
      
   Thank God that Buick doesn't make me bring my car back in every week for   
   an update!   
      
   --   
   Lloyd   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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