Re: Is Zotob A MS Plot . . . .

"kurttrail" <dontemailme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Vagabond Software wrote:
>
>> Well, computers users are kind of like drivers. They'll just keep
>> paying whatever companies charge as long as they don't have to change
>> their habits.
>> It's hard to find too much fault with the companies that profit by
>> catering to the consumer's preferences.
>
> Profiteering from its coding blunders seems to be a bit extortionate to
> me. MS should be offering the patch to cover its security whole for free.
>
> --

They did provide a patch for free... a week before there were any known
instances of the exploits in the user community. I have clients running
Windows 2000 workstations, and none of them have been affected by this
problem... and one client with nine Windows 2000 workstations hasn't even
been patched yet!

Wow! Amazing! It's a miracle! Maybe the divine hand of God came down and
touched little old me, or perhaps He is defending my clients' workstations
with a pillar of fire! Or perhaps network security is configured
correctly... the same way it would be configured whether my client was using
Windows or Linux.

Carl


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