Fine, lets be punctilious

Post #25,372 by Ashton 1/23/02 8:37:06 PM Reply	Fine, lets be punctilious And go with [?s] sig Microsoft Outlook - one giant macro virus attractor (We could list other add-ons with regular access to root, but I get writers cramp) Oh - are ALL your M$ pieces patched consecutively to 1/23/02? (And if you don't lie.. and they really Are.!.) Care to estimate the % worldwide that are: A) Ever patched, from monopoly preload day 1? B) Patched ~ 1/10th of available ones (IF you use IE at M$.com, that is - else it is apt to bounce you sans any patch until you "upgrade" - remember?) C) Worldwide: patched 100% thru 1/23/02 ??? Rest case. For now. (We won't go into what else gets broken after a patch - all those C-pointers that got lost in the er compiler?) Maybe we can just settle on it being Toxic Toy Software?
Post #25,436 by andread 1/24/02 8:23:15 AM Reply	punctilious? Ashton we obviously have our differences but my stuff is not all patched have no idea what % worldwide is have run patches the day I installed a new product but this all has nothing to do with a) the article that was cited at the beginning of this thread b) my request for a legiitmate example A Play I Some Music w/ Papa Andy Saturday 8 PM - 11 PM ET All Night Rewind 11 PM - 5 PM Reggae, African and Caribbean Music [link\|http://wxxe.org\|http://wxxe.org]
Post #25,672 by Ashton 1/25/02 7:57:56 AM Reply	Well.. to be really punctilious - I'd agree with your complaint. That is, Windows is unlikely to be downloaded onto someone's machine via Back Orifice or whatever.. and to replicate itself attached to e-mails etc. But as metaphor.. ya gotta admit (??) that the number of worldwide hours/$ spent thus far - repairing Windows anomalies on all scales - approaches that of rebuilding the Great Pyramid, with the (missing) outer sheath of limestone replaced with Gold. No? Ashton (it's hard to find adequate words about Windoze and its spawning matriarchs - those mothers..)

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