I don't see any Triumph content in this message, I can understand your need
to Rant, I wish you could understand my desire that this email list have
messages in it that apply to Triumphs automobiles.
Microsoft is not an evil empire - I will admit that I'm not a fan of some of
it's buisness practices but I can also remember the slew of incompatible
software and inconsistent UI's that made IBM PC's such a bear to work with
before windows came on the market. Yeah, there are also the people that
said that Microsoft copied Apple and I do nothing but laugh - How about that
wonderful backstory of Jobs going to Xerox and coping the GUI & the Mouse
from that establishment?
Microsoft products are as secure as the people that use them, I have XP and
Outlook installed on my machine - I have set my security permissions
appropriatly and have never gotten nailed by a computer virus email or
otherwise. It's up to the user to configure their machine properly - I
mean, what about a garage door opener eh? How many people don't change
their code from the generic one shipped from the factory? Who are you going
to blame when you get robbed - Genie or yourself?
Some people are just too quick to pass blame and judgement - You're all
welcome to your opinions but hey, Myself and probably a heck of a lot of
other people on this list would appreciate it if you kept it to yourself.
-Huw
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Michael Grey
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 9:06 PM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Hackers that send viruses
I prefer to focus on the true 'root cause' of this problem, of course I'm
speaking about, Micro$oft (the true evil empire). As long as they don't
take software security (relating to their operating systems) as seriously
as they do in maintaining their monopoly power, this problem will always be
with us.
As it stands today they make no effort to ensure that the MS operating
system in your desktop or laptop is current with the latest software
patches. You may argue that this is the responsibility of the user, which
may be true, but a recent purchase of a new laptop loaded with MS2000
proved to be about nine patch releases out of date. If you can't even buy
something that is current with the latest patch protection, what chance do
you have.
Just needed to rant.
Michael Grey
msgrey@ucdavis.edu
73 TR6
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