[Pc_Support] Re: [LeapList] Microsoft's Kill Switch

[Bryan J. Smith]

FYI, we typically leave these advo-type posts for other lists.
LEAPBS or, better yet, PC_Support are great ones.

Hank Lambert <hank at hanklambert.com> wrote:
> I found this article quite interesting.
> It seems they really aren't in touch with their users.

Microsoft has _never_ been in touch with its own professionals.
They blame them for their own failures.

> We might be seeing a wave of new Linux users with this move.

I doubt it, like most things.
Maybe some more corporation adoption.
But people who run Windows run for other reasons.

> Here is the link:
> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=84
> <http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=84&tag=nl.e539> &tag=nl.e539

Two words:  SQL Slammer

Two latter patches uninstalled the earlier fix that would have
prevented it.



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