From: Adam Flinton 

Ellen K wrote:
> How old is your mom?
>

I'll pretend I don't know coz I'm a gentleman 

In her "pensionable years" (though not by much).

She likes Mandrake. She got used to Moz & OpenOffice on Win98 first
& now...she like all sorts of weird things which I'd not noticed e.g.
the Planetarium /stars programs (e.g. KStars) & other similar things.
Not to mention the large number of games (cards etc not arcade) that you
tend to get with mdk.

Adam



>
>>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.h
t
>>
>>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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