From: "Joe Barr" 


Did he say false premise or false promise?


On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 03:08:50 +0000, Robert Comer wrote:

> 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]
> 
> 
> 
> 

> 
> 
> What false
premise?  face=Arial size=2> 
- Bob
> Comer  
>  
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>   "Rich" <{at}> wrote in message   
href="news:3e378899$1{at}w3.nls.net">news:3e378899$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>      The
first problem with
>   George's rant is that it is based on a false premise.
>        size=2>Rich  
>   
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>     "Antti Kurenniemi" <    
href="Antti_Kurenniemi{at}hotmail.commailto:Antti_Kurenniemi{at}hotmail.com">Antti_Kurenniemi{at}hotmail.com
A>>
>     wrote in message     
href="news:3e3762ee{at}w3.nls.net">news:3e3762ee{at}w3.nls.net...That
>     really sounds likea a good idea. Unfortunately I think it will
>     probablynever happen
:-(Antti
Kurenniemi"Geo."
>     <georger{at}nls.net>">mailto:georger{at}nls.net">georger{at}nls.net>
wrote in
>     message     
href="news:3e374ea7{at}w3.nls.net">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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