__/ [ Roy Schestowitz ] on Thursday 01 June 2006 19:12 \__
> __/ [ Nick Ballard ] on Thursday 01 June 2006 17:48 \__
>
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>> __/ [ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Thursday 01 June 2006 16:38 \__
>>>
>>>> Quote:
>>>> ---------------
>>>> According to Allchin, Ballmer spent the better part of the next two
>>>> days trying to rid this PC of worms, viruses, spyware, malware, severe
>>>> fragmentation, and well, you name it. ... Allchin says Ballmer
>>>> eventually gave up and instead lugged the machine back to Microsoft's
>>>> Redmond, Wash. campus. There, several engineers spent several days,
>>>> burrowing deep into the system to figure out the problem. ...
>>>>
>>>> It turns out there were more than a hundred pieces of malware of
>>>> various types. Things that these engineers using Microsoft's own
>>>> private tools could not ferret out and fix.... It took a team of
>>>> engineers to restore this system to health. And it was a real wake-up
>>>> call. "This really opened our eyes to what goes on in the real world,"
>>>> says Allchin....Even so, it's my belief that Windows is still a long
>>>> way from being a safe, protective, self-healing, impenetrable
>>>> environment that assures top-level performance at all times. -
>>>> -------------------
>>>> http://www.itworld.com/Man/2676/nls_solutinons_vista060525/index.html
>>>
>>> OMG. This sure is embarrassing. It shatters all claims that people who
>>> know their way around the computer (Windows OS in particular) are not
>>> vulnerable to the common ills that have become so inherent. Given
>>> Ballmer's wage, I am surprised (if not utterly shocked) that he didn't
>>> slam the computer against the wall, followed by a violent lynch of some
>>> fine furtiture.
>>
>> Who says Ballmer knows anything about computers? He seems to be more
>> involved with marketing and accounting...
>
> [1] That makes him a technical person
>
> [2] He spent two days in vain
>
> [3] The _engineers_ struggled with his machine, as pointed out in the
> article. A _team_ of them...
Addendum:
Mind you, Ballmer got 800 in his SAT's (for the
numerical/mathematical/quantitative component, as you may call it in the
States). If he could not solve the riddle, all hope is lost.
Best wishes,
Roy
PS - chrisv's reply was rude and presumptuous. He thought you were a Windows
advocate defending Ballmer and the undeniable issue which is Windows
security.
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