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
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> 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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