Re: XP has no significant bugs that any significant number of users want fixed

"Keith Williams" <krw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> In article <N2F7e.18911$1S4.1879004@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, ken123@xxxxxxxxxx
> says...
>> "Joel Kolstad" <JKolstad71HatesSpam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:TPmdnf7NN5LXQsPfRVn-hg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > "Fritz Schlunder" <me@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> >> I know in the past Microsoft has released
>> >> security bulletins which detail the possible security loopholes
>> >> alongside
>> >> with the fixes.
>> >
>> > They're in a "damned if they do, damned if they don't" scenario here.
>> > If
>> > they just tell you, "Hey, here's a new patch that increases security,
>> > but
>> > we're not going to tell you exactly what it fixes," people will accuse
>> > them of installing spyware or something equally bad.
>> >
>> >
>> But that's because of previous bad behavior by Microsoft. They're damned
>> if
>> they do and damned if they don't, because they did.
>
> Patching WinBlows is like patching the Titanic. It's designed broken.
>
> --
> Keith

I see the analogy more as like 'patching windows is like shuffling deck
chairs on the Titanic'. At least Titanic needed a fairly unlucky hit from an
outside source to sink it - MS does it for itself.

Ken


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