Isn't it ironic...

Glancing over the news on Yahoo...

[link|http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=70&e=1&cid=70&u=/cn/20020711/tc_cn/942986|First Story]

"We want to enable software and services through the home, and we've found that there is a bottleneck and it's in the network," said Adam LeVasseur, a Microsoft product manager. "Right now it's too hard to use networking products and we want to make the process simple."

*SHUDDER*

Then, [link|http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=70&e=3&cid=70&u=/cn/20020711/tc_cn/942980|two stories later]:

A Danish security researcher warned users of Microsoft's Internet Explorer, Outlook and Outlook Express applications that a recently discovered software flaw could leave their system open to malicious code carried on Web pages or in e-mails.

*sigh*

All that said, Microsoft's Home Networking products will be big sellers I bet.

Post #45,111 by Steve Lowe 7/11/02 1:22:57 AM Reply	Isn't it ironic... Glancing over the news on Yahoo... [link\|http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=70&e=1&cid=70&u=/cn/20020711/tc_cn/942986\|First Story] "We want to enable software and services through the home, and we've found that there is a bottleneck and it's in the network," said Adam LeVasseur, a Microsoft product manager. "Right now it's too hard to use networking products and we want to make the process simple." SHUDDER Then, [link\|http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=70&e=3&cid=70&u=/cn/20020711/tc_cn/942980\|two stories later]: A Danish security researcher warned users of Microsoft's Internet Explorer, Outlook and Outlook Express applications that a recently discovered software flaw could leave their system open to malicious code carried on Web pages or in e-mails. sigh All that said, Microsoft's Home Networking products will be big sellers I bet. ----- Steve
Post #45,123 by ben_tilly 7/11/02 4:14:47 AM Reply	Like any good joke... It can be over-used. And this one definitely has been. Doesn't stop Microsoft from trying the old gag again though. :-( Cheers, Ben "... I couldn't see how anyone could be educated by this self-propagating system in which people pass exams, teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything." --Richard Feynman
Post #45,125 by Ashton 7/11/02 4:18:47 AM Reply	\ufffdMicrosoft Aflatoxin - Home Office Version - it would sell. Maybe 'we' deserve M$. It may be the Cosmos' way of self-education for Grasshoppers.

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