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Microsoft blows it again - read this about Windows.

Postby Lorraine » Fri 18 Jul, 2003 11:46 am

http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,59660,00.html

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Postby Antony » Sat 19 Jul, 2003 12:53 am

I know I made a right decision, switching to Mac!
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Postby swirven » Sat 19 Jul, 2003 6:12 am

I believe that will be my next move. I know that nothing is perfect, but the security flaws have gotten to be something window users just expect apply a patch and move on.
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Postby Mandrake » Sat 19 Jul, 2003 6:09 pm

It is pretty damn bad . . . they may have caught upto UNIX in terms of stability, but I'm applying security fixes to my Windows box HEAPS more than my Solaris server!
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