Mail Archives: cygwin/2004/06/30/19:55:09
Robert Pendell wrote:
> Yes. That is true. Microsoft is showing some changes though for the
> future. For example. Even in Windows XP, LAN connections are
> firewalled by default. SP2 will enable the firewall by default and
> include a security center. The firewall is more robust giving the user
> a bit more control but still lacks outgoing data protection like
> commercial firewalls have.
I believe we all heard of this. However, what about Word/Excel documents
running macros causing problems. Yes they stopped that but then again
that's my point - initially, and by default , used to be enabled. Then
there's
http://news.google.com/url?ntc=0M4C0&q=http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml%3FarticleID%3D22103094
on the front page of news.google.com. Also, the infamous Love Virus,
SoBig, etc, etc.
> Right. Windows actually stole certain things from UNIX. Example: The
> system32\drivers\etc folder is taken directly from UNIX. There are
> certain others stolen from UNIX too but I can't remember what.
Oh there are tons of things like DNS, HTTP, SMTP and then things like
nslookup, ping, telnet, rsh, etc. Find's look like greps, type is a poor
man's more, and speaking of more, the Windows more. Many other
utilities, some even done by MS themselves, have often shed their /opts
for -opts Unix style command line format.
> The money they charge is usually for support costs, media costs, and
> time spent actually making the media. However it is far cheaper to go
> on ebay and buy the same product that some burned using downloaded
> iso's. Some people still connect on modems and therefore cannot
> download the free iso images. I am one of those people and know that I
> cannot leave my system on downloading for extended periods of time.
Why not? I believe when I beta tested XP I downloaded their ISO images
through a modem... Just let it run all night.
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An error? Impossible! My modem is error correcting.
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