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Terry
OMGosh Imhotep! You accuse Dewey of complaining but he came here only to ask
for advice. You're the only one complaining. You hyjack Dewey's valuable time
and his post to take the opportunity to gripe and complain. If you spent less
time complaining, perhaps you'd find a job so you can afford microsoft
products. It's people like you that make things hard for microsoft and make
things more expensive and more difficult for those who use microsoft. I'm not
interested in your lunix or unix crap and don't have the time to waste
learning it! My advice to you is to get a LIFE (not someone elses based on
the oponion and hatred of others) and move on and be happy.
"Imhotep" wrote:
> Patrick Dickey wrote:
>
> > Imhotep wrote:
> >> Panda_man wrote:
> >>
> >>> My reply is at the bottom of your message :
> >>>
> >>> "jt3" wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> The trouble is, people are using these things more and more--it's hard
> >>>> to avoid em.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> The good news is that it is not a trouble !!!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Panda_man
> >>
> >> ...then explain to me why %99.99999999999999 percent of the PCs that scan
> >> my company are Microsoft based? Explain to me why that are all looking
> >> for MS products further compromise? Explain to me why with all the money
> >> that people spend on MS products, and with the lack of quality, they are
> >> also the most expensive?
> >>
> >> Yup, the sure does classify as a problem to me.
> >>
> >> Imhotep
> >
> > Just because you're a smaller target, doesn't mean you're not a target.
> >
> > What does that mean? Simple. Mac OS and Linux comprise something like
> > 5% to 10% of the total Operating Systems in use today. They will grow
> > in popularity. And when they do, hackers and other malicious intender's
> > will start to target them as well. What will you say then?
> >
> > I do agree with you in spirit, that if I pay good money for a program, I
> > would hope it works right. However, after learning various programming
> > languages, two things were taught at the beginning of each. 1) 80% to
> > 90% of what you'll do as a programmer is maintaining existing programs.
> > and 2) No computer program will ever be 100% bug-free.
> >
> > If you think that Microsoft should make Windows 100% bug-free before
> > they sell it, that's insane. There is at least 10 million lines of code
> > in Windows. (Curiously enough there's probably 10 million lines of code
> > in Linux, Mac OS, and Unix each). If Microsoft hires 10,000 people just
> > for bug-checking, how many lines of code does each person have to look
> > at? That's not counting the fact that your 10,000 lines of code
> > interact with my 10,000 lines of code, so we both have to check them
> > together (along with the other 9,998 people who's code interacts with
> > ours).
> >
> > Linux (and Unix) have been around for at least as long as Windows
> > (longer in Unix's case). They are still releasing fixes for bugs today.
> > Why aren't you whining about those OS's? They're not 100% bug-free.
> > And, they have security issues also.
> >
> > Firefox, just released an update that fixed a number of security issues.
> > Yet, you still whine that it's better then Internet Explorer.
> > Curiously enough, IE just released updates that fixed a number of
> > security issues also. Yet, you still whine that it's not secure. If
> > Firefox is so good and secure, why did they have to release a fix for
> > security issues?
> >
> > For the record, I use Linux, Firefox, and Mozilla Thunderbird. I also
> > use Windows, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Office. I prefer certain
> > programs for certain tasks. Just like you.
>
>
> Patrick please read this:
> http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/40053-1.html
>
> Please note that this source has NOT been funded by Linux, Apple or
> Microsoft....
>
> > Patrick.
>
>
for advice. You're the only one complaining. You hyjack Dewey's valuable time
and his post to take the opportunity to gripe and complain. If you spent less
time complaining, perhaps you'd find a job so you can afford microsoft
products. It's people like you that make things hard for microsoft and make
things more expensive and more difficult for those who use microsoft. I'm not
interested in your lunix or unix crap and don't have the time to waste
learning it! My advice to you is to get a LIFE (not someone elses based on
the oponion and hatred of others) and move on and be happy.
"Imhotep" wrote:
> Patrick Dickey wrote:
>
> > Imhotep wrote:
> >> Panda_man wrote:
> >>
> >>> My reply is at the bottom of your message :
> >>>
> >>> "jt3" wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> The trouble is, people are using these things more and more--it's hard
> >>>> to avoid em.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> The good news is that it is not a trouble !!!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Panda_man
> >>
> >> ...then explain to me why %99.99999999999999 percent of the PCs that scan
> >> my company are Microsoft based? Explain to me why that are all looking
> >> for MS products further compromise? Explain to me why with all the money
> >> that people spend on MS products, and with the lack of quality, they are
> >> also the most expensive?
> >>
> >> Yup, the sure does classify as a problem to me.
> >>
> >> Imhotep
> >
> > Just because you're a smaller target, doesn't mean you're not a target.
> >
> > What does that mean? Simple. Mac OS and Linux comprise something like
> > 5% to 10% of the total Operating Systems in use today. They will grow
> > in popularity. And when they do, hackers and other malicious intender's
> > will start to target them as well. What will you say then?
> >
> > I do agree with you in spirit, that if I pay good money for a program, I
> > would hope it works right. However, after learning various programming
> > languages, two things were taught at the beginning of each. 1) 80% to
> > 90% of what you'll do as a programmer is maintaining existing programs.
> > and 2) No computer program will ever be 100% bug-free.
> >
> > If you think that Microsoft should make Windows 100% bug-free before
> > they sell it, that's insane. There is at least 10 million lines of code
> > in Windows. (Curiously enough there's probably 10 million lines of code
> > in Linux, Mac OS, and Unix each). If Microsoft hires 10,000 people just
> > for bug-checking, how many lines of code does each person have to look
> > at? That's not counting the fact that your 10,000 lines of code
> > interact with my 10,000 lines of code, so we both have to check them
> > together (along with the other 9,998 people who's code interacts with
> > ours).
> >
> > Linux (and Unix) have been around for at least as long as Windows
> > (longer in Unix's case). They are still releasing fixes for bugs today.
> > Why aren't you whining about those OS's? They're not 100% bug-free.
> > And, they have security issues also.
> >
> > Firefox, just released an update that fixed a number of security issues.
> > Yet, you still whine that it's better then Internet Explorer.
> > Curiously enough, IE just released updates that fixed a number of
> > security issues also. Yet, you still whine that it's not secure. If
> > Firefox is so good and secure, why did they have to release a fix for
> > security issues?
> >
> > For the record, I use Linux, Firefox, and Mozilla Thunderbird. I also
> > use Windows, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Office. I prefer certain
> > programs for certain tasks. Just like you.
>
>
> Patrick please read this:
> http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/40053-1.html
>
> Please note that this source has NOT been funded by Linux, Apple or
> Microsoft....
>
> > Patrick.
>
>