In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Hadron Quark
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on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 01:15:20 +0100
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> "Ian Semmel" <anyoneNOJUNK@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
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>> "PeterKöhlmann" <peter.koehlmann@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:ekagki$u77$01$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Ian Semmel wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Mark Kent" <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> news:iafm34-7vs.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> begin oe_protect.scr
>>>>> Ian Semmel <anyoneNOJUNK@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:1540610.dIPs349fxV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>> Why I hate the new Windows Live Mail
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>>>> | Microsoft is currently in Beta on Windows Live Mail. Personally I
>>>>>>> think
>>>>>>> | it is a steaming pile of garbage. The 'new and improved' email is
>>>>>>> | nothing more than a fancier interface and more color options.
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> | [...]
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> | If you have not upgraded from standard I suggest you DO NOT. This is
>>>>>>> | a typical product from Microsoft even though it is in beta. I think
>>>>>>> | it should still be in alpha testing personally because at times I
>>>>>>> cannot
>>>>>>> | even access my email which is most annoying when there might be
>>>>>>> | time-sensitive documents in it. If you depend on your hotmail
>>>>>>> account
>>>>>>> | for important emails I suggest looking into another option, like
>>>>>>> | Gmail or even Yahoo. There are ZERO improvements in this deal and
>>>>>>> | there is
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If whoever wrote this quote is using a beta program for his/her live
>>>>>> email,
>>>>>> you can pretty well discount any opinions on the program as
>>>>>> he/she is an
>>>>>> idiot.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You're absolutely correct - using Microsoft software before it's at
>>>>> least 4-5 years old is very very foolish. You really should wait until
>>>>> they've released 2 or three major updates before it's likely to have the
>>>>> biggest bugs, problems and security holes removed. Anyone using the new
>>>>> stuff is, to quote you "an idiot". How long before Vista is on SP4, so
>>>>> that it might work?
>>>>
>>>> I don't know. Don't linux distributors update their systems ?
>>>>
>>>
>>> They do.
>>> Difference is: An Alpha release of linux software is usually more secure
>>> than a SP3 one from MS
>>
>> Thank you for your well-researched and conclusive reply.
>
> Do you know of any "released" Linux SW? its all "have a go lads" it
> seems to me. "This is an alpha, use it at your own risk" etc etc. Peter
> doent know what hes talking about. Again.
And remember, this all means that Linux software is so
full of bugs and security holes that every Linux box on
the planet is now a potential zombie, just waiting for
some erstwhile hacker to come in and try their luck.
Oh wait, it doesn't?
In any event, Vista will be the most secure Microsoft OS
ever -- which isn't saying much.
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