Re: [SLUG] More FUD from Microsoft

From: jeff (jdavis70@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Sun Nov 21 2004 - 21:19:43 EST


On Sunday 21 November 2004 8:51, Steven Buehler wrote:

> Ballmer said the security fears some governments had about using Microsoft
> software were overblown.
>
> "We think our software is far more secure than open-source software. It is
> more secure because we stand behind it, we fixed it, because we built it.
> Nobody ever knows who built open-source software," he added.

I would just love to hear him explain why there are so many security breaches
in their software if that is true. :) There were six SP's for NT4, 3 (or is
it 4) for Win2K, at least 2 for XP. Considering that a large proportion of
the patches in those SP's were for critical security issues, I don't see how
their software could be considered secure. To quote Bugs Bunny, "What a
maroon"!

Jeff
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