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to: Rich
from: Robert Comer
date: 2003-01-29 03:08:50
subject: Re: Rant against MS

From: "Robert Comer" 

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What false premise?

- Bob Comer


  "Rich"  wrote in message news:3e378899$1{at}w3.nls.net...
     The first problem with George's rant is that it is based on a false =
premise.

  Rich

    "Antti Kurenniemi"  wrote
in message =
news:3e3762ee{at}w3.nls.net...
    That really sounds likea a good idea. Unfortunately I think it will =
probably
    never happen :-(


    Antti Kurenniemi

    "Geo."  wrote in message =
news:3e374ea7{at}w3.nls.net...
    > yes I read all about it. It occurs to me that a big part of the
    > problem with how they are dealing with this problem is
    > actually related to copy protection. One of the things that
    > causes all these unpatched machines to continuously be
    > available is that people are always doing new
    > installs/re-installs for whatever reasons. They are forced
    > to use the original CD which of course contains unpatched
    > code, then apply service pack and lord knows how many
    > hot fixes.[snip]


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What false
premise?
 
- Bob Comer
 
 
"Rich" <{at}> wrote in message news:3e378899$1{at}w3.nls.net... The first problem with = George's rant=20 is that it is based on a false premise. Rich "Antti Kurenniemi" <Antti_Kurenniemi{at}hotmail.com=">mailto:Antti_Kurenniemi{at}hotmail.com">Antti_Kurenniemi{at}hotmail.com= >=20 wrote in message news:3e3762ee{at}w3.nls.net...Th= at=20 really sounds likea a good idea. Unfortunately I think it will=20 probablynever happen :-(Antti = Kurenniemi"Geo."=20 <georger{at}nls.net>">mailto:georger{at}nls.net">georger{at}nls.net> wrote = in=20 message news:3e374ea7{at}w3.nls.net...>= yes=20 I read all about it. It occurs to me that a big part of the> = problem=20 with how they are dealing with this problem is> actually = related to=20 copy protection. One of the things that> causes all these = unpatched=20 machines to continuously be> available is that people are = always=20 doing new> installs/re-installs for whatever reasons. They = are=20 forced> to use the original CD which of course contains=20 unpatched> code, then apply service pack and lord knows how=20 many> hot = fixes.[snip] ------=_NextPart_000_00FB_01C2C743.BF3234B0-- --- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-4
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