prediction: vista will be attacked like no other OS in history

[Red nosed reindeer]

I can see it now... a few weeks after its release to the stores...

the hackers will launch a colossal attack like no other in history.

Just to show to the world that vista is not really secure, its only MS sales
hype,
and that because of its mass and complexity its more venerable than xp.

So for those of you that still have a dual boot with XP, my advice is NOT
to remove it for a long time.. or you may face downtime of several days

 

[Troy McClure]

and you base this on.... what? to make a statement like that i can only
assume your hacking genius has unearthed several major security issues?
please share them with us

 

[Chupacabra]

I can see it now... a few weeks after its release to the stores...
the hackers will launch a colossal attack like no other in history.

Pretty hard to attack somethng that will probably be less than 1% of the
Windows installation at that point, wouldn't it?

 

[Alias]

and you base this on.... what? to make a statement like that i can only
assume your hacking genius has unearthed several major security issues?
please share them with us

Sure:

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36591

And that's just the beginning. A new crack is out to bypass the smarmy
product activation nonsense as well. Of course, MS believes that paying
customers should participate in their cat and mouse game with exploiters
and crackers. I don't and, as a result, I am learning Ubuntu.

Alias

 

[Red nosed reindeer]

Pretty hard to attack something that will probably be less than 1% of the

Windows installation at that point, wouldn't it?

they will do it only to show that they can
and to show that vista is not secure...to discourage people from getting it.

it will be just to warm up to the main course.


sorry I don't like vista since its late longhorn days.. once I saw the way
they were headed... I started feeling uneasy. I was hoping that some miracle
would happen and
they would change course.. but no..

they ignored the feedback* and walked their own walk..

* I am talking about feedback about design concepts, NOT bugs.
Feedback for bugs mean that you accept all the rest and just want to correct
flaws... Correcting flaws on a badly conceived idea is useless.

 

[Roy Coorne]

Alias reported:

Sure:

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36591

And that's just the beginning. A new crack is out to bypass the smarmy
product activation nonsense as well. Of course, MS believes that paying
customers should participate in their cat and mouse game with exploiters
and crackers. I don't and, as a result, I am learning Ubuntu.

Why not openSUSE... thus staying loyal to Redmond?!

rOy

 

[Roy Coorne]

Pretty hard to attack somethng that will probably be less than 1% of the
Windows installation at that point, wouldn't it?

Colossal in quality, not in quantity...


rOy

 

[Alias]

Alias reported:

Why not openSUSE... thus staying loyal to Redmond?!

rOy

LOL! Not a chance.

Alias

 

[Troy McClure]

a purported activation crack is hardly a colossal attack like no other in
history.
LOL.. i find it hysterical all the people that have very obviously nothing
nice to ever say about MS or their operating systems... they all could have
done it better, they all saw this coming... yet youre broke and MS is one of
the richest corporations on the planet. apparently theyre doing something
right. and while youre "learning" Ubuntu (a particularly pathetic version of
Linux) i guarantee youre typing these messages from a Windows OS.

 

[Paul Smith]

i guarantee youre typing these messages from a Windows OS.

Thunderbird on Windows.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.windowsresource.net/
Get ready for Windows Vista: http://www.windowsvista.com/getready/

*Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*

 

[Alias]

a purported activation crack is hardly a colossal attack like no other
in history.

It's just the beginning as you well know.

LOL.. i find it hysterical all the people that have very obviously
nothing nice to ever say about MS or their operating systems... they all
could have done it better, they all saw this coming... yet youre broke

Um, I am not broke.

and MS is one of the richest corporations on the planet.

So's the mob, Arms Dealers and Hugo Chavez.

apparently

theyre doing something right.

Ripping off customers is "right"?

and while youre "learning" Ubuntu (a
particularly pathetic version of Linux)

Your opinion and not one I share.

i guarantee youre typing these

messages from a Windows OS.

So? I like XP and, like I said, I am *learning* Ubuntu, which, by the
way, does everything I can do with XP, even watch Windows Media Player
videos on news web sites. And, I might add, MUCH easier to install.

If it weren't for the obvious disdain that MS has towards it's paying
customers, of which I have been one since 92, I would be looking forward
to Vista instead of learning Ubuntu. The
you-are-a-thief-until-you-prove-differently was the last straw.

After I learn Ubuntu, and if I find another Linux that I like better, it
won't cost me a kidney and a liver to buy it.

Alias

 

[Alias]

Thunderbird on Windows.

Now it's Thunderbird on Ubuntu ( :

Alias

 

[Alias]

i guarantee youre typing these
messages from a Windows OS.

Check the headers now.

Alias

 

[Troy McClure]

youre not broke... cough it up tough guy.
get back to me in 6 months... when i guarantee your new linux fetish will be
gone (just wait until you see all the things you really CANT do) and youre
running vista

as for me, ive never paid for an os in my life... dont imagine i ever will
either. i recommend everyone get a job with a global Fortune 500 company....
the perks are wonderful

 

[Lucvdv]

Prediction: trolls will attack vista newsgroups like no other
newsgroup in history.

 

[Alias]

youre [sic] not broke... cough it up tough guy.

Not interested.

get [sic] back to me in 6 months... when i [sic] guarantee your new linux fetish
will be gone (just wait until you see all the things you really CANT do)

Like what?

and youre [sic] running vista [sic]

Never happen.

as [sic] for me, ive [sic] never paid for an os in my life... dont [sic] imagine i [sic] ever
will either. i [sic] recommend everyone get a job with a global Fortune 500
company.... the perks are wonderful

Well ain't you the best thing since Brittany Spears? A "global fortune
500 company hires people like you that can't capitalize words that need
to be capitalized? I own my own business. Maybe when you grow up and get
some maturity and fortitude, you will too, although I doubt it.

Alias

 

[Troy McClure]

LOL. a true dumbass
you "own your own business" huh? as opposed to what, owning someone elses
business?

LOL... dumbass

youre [sic] not broke... cough it up tough guy.

Not interested.

get [sic] back to me in 6 months... when i [sic] guarantee your new linux
fetish will be gone (just wait until you see all the things you really
CANT do)

Like what?

and youre [sic] running vista [sic]

Never happen.

as [sic] for me, ive [sic] never paid for an os in my life... dont [sic]
imagine i [sic] ever will either. i [sic] recommend everyone get a job
with a global Fortune 500 company.... the perks are wonderful

Well ain't you the best thing since Brittany Spears? A "global fortune 500
company hires people like you that can't capitalize words that need to be
capitalized? I own my own business. Maybe when you grow up and get some
maturity and fortitude, you will too, although I doubt it.

Alias

 

[Alias]

Prediction: trolls will attack vista newsgroups like no other
newsgroup in history.

Lucvdv's definition of a troll:

Critic of anything Microsoft.

Alias

 

[Roscoe]

Because tools like McClure just can't resist egging them on.

 

[Alias]

LOL. a [sic] true dumbass

Charming. Did you learn manners from your mommy?

you [sic] "own your own business" huh? [sic] as [sic] opposed to what, owning [sic] someone
elses [sic] business?

No, as opposed to working for someone else, of course!

LOL... dumbass

Projecting will get you nowhere.

Alias

youre [sic] not broke... cough it up tough guy.

Not interested.

get [sic] back to me in 6 months... when i [sic] guarantee your new
linux fetish will be gone (just wait until you see all the things you
really CANT do)

Like what?

and youre [sic] running vista [sic]

Never happen.

as [sic] for me, ive [sic] never paid for an os in my life... dont
[sic] imagine i [sic] ever will either. i [sic] recommend everyone
get a job with a global Fortune 500 company.... the perks are wonderful

Well ain't you the best thing since Brittany Spears? A "global fortune
500 company hires people like you that can't capitalize words that
need to be capitalized? I own my own business. Maybe when you grow up
and get some maturity and fortitude, you will too, although I doubt it.

Alias

Troy McClure swaggered in and superciliously wrote:

a purported activation crack is hardly a colossal attack like no
other in history.

It's just the beginning as you well know.

LOL.. i find it hysterical all the people that have very obviously
nothing nice to ever say about MS or their operating systems...
they all could have done it better, they all saw this coming... yet
youre broke

Um, I am not broke.

and MS is one of the richest corporations on the planet.

So's the mob, Arms Dealers and Hugo Chavez.

apparently
theyre doing something right.

Ripping off customers is "right"?

and while youre "learning" Ubuntu (a particularly pathetic version
of Linux)

Your opinion and not one I share.

i guarantee youre typing these
messages from a Windows OS.

So? I like XP and, like I said, I am *learning* Ubuntu, which, by
the way, does everything I can do with XP, even watch Windows Media
Player videos on news web sites. And, I might add, MUCH easier to
install.

If it weren't for the obvious disdain that MS has towards it's
paying customers, of which I have been one since 92, I would be
looking forward to Vista instead of learning Ubuntu. The
you-are-a-thief-until-you-prove-differently was the last straw.

After I learn Ubuntu, and if I find another Linux that I like
better, it won't cost me a kidney and a liver to buy it.

Alias


Troy McClure wrote:
and you base this on.... what? to make a statement like that i
can only assume your hacking genius has unearthed several major
security issues? please share them with us

Sure:

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36591

And that's just the beginning. A new crack is out to bypass the
smarmy product activation nonsense as well. Of course, MS believes
that paying customers should participate in their cat and mouse
game with exploiters and crackers. I don't and, as a result, I am
learning Ubuntu.

Alias



"Red nosed reindeer" <-> wrote in message
I can see it now... a few weeks after its release to the stores...

the hackers will launch a colossal attack like no other in history.

Just to show to the world that vista is not really secure, its
only MS sales hype,
and that because of its mass and complexity its more venerable
than xp.

So for those of you that still have a dual boot with XP, my
advice is NOT
to remove it for a long time.. or you may face downtime of
several days