How old is your mom?

> From: Adam Flinton 
> Tits.
> What's more....that would mean that even XP users can only see IE holes
> closed if they install XP SP2 i.e. agree to a new EULA for a simple fix
> to an existing product.
> Thankg*d Mandrake can read & write NTFS.
> Great news for Linux given the increase in requirements from Win98/NT/2K
>> XP. i.e. keep old box....keep being vulnerable.
> My mother is an example. She's moving to Linux from Win98 (a) coz she
> needed a new box & (b) coz her main req was no viruses/trojans as her
> win98 box was simply getting stuffed to the gills with inet bourne nasties.
> She looked around before hand (Dell etc) & the local box builders get
> their boxes prebuilt in a factory in Hull & they come preloaded
> with....Lindows.....
> I've swapped Lindows for Mdk 10.1 & she's a happy camper as I'd already
> converted her to Moz & OpenOffice.
> Adam
> Rich Gauszka wrote:
>> MS promised security updates for all supported versions of Windows. MS says
>> IE is part of Windows yet MS will only provide the IE security enhancements
>> for XP -  
>> 
>>http://news.com.com/Microsoft+to+secure+IE+for+XP+only/2100-1032_3-5378366.ht
> ml
>> If you're one of about 200 million people using older versions of Windows
>> and you want the latest security enhancements to Internet Explorer, get your
>> credit card ready.
>> 
>> Microsoft this week reiterated that it would keep the new version of
>> Microsoft's IE Web browser available only as part of the recently released
>> Windows XP operating system, Service Pack 2. The upgrade to XP from any
>> previous Windows versions is $99 when ordered from Microsoft. Starting from
>> scratch, the OS costs $199.
>> 
>> Microsoft affirmed that its recent security improvements to IE would be made
>> available only to XP users.
>> 
>> "We do not have plans to deliver Windows XP SP2 enhancements
for Windows
>> 2000 or other older versions of Windows," the company said in
a statement.
>> "The most secure version of Windows today is Windows XP with SP2. We
>> recommend that customers upgrade to XP and SP2 as quickly as possible."
>> 
>> IE has been a part of the operating system since its release," said the
>> Microsoft representative. "IE is a feature of Windows."
>> 
>> When asked about IE's origin as a free, standalone product, the
>> representative said, "You're talking in software terms that might be
>> considered ancient history."
>> 
>> Microsoft promised "ongoing security updates" for all
supported versions of
>> Windows and IE.
>> 
>> Those ongoing security updates do not, as Microsoft points out, include the
>> latest security fixes with Service Pack 2, released last month. Those
>> include a new pop-up blocker and a new system of handling ActiveX controls
>> and downloaded content.
>> 
>> And it's those more substantial changes, rather than the bug fixes that come
>> with routine upgrades for supported products, that security organizations
>> have lauded for addressing IE's graver security concerns.
>> 
>> Now it's unclear whether even half the Windows world will have access to the
>> shored up IE.
>> 
>> "It's particularly bothersome if a product is in mainstream
support, because
>> what does mainstream support mean then?" said Directions on Microsoft's
>> Cherry.
>> 
>> 

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