Forum Archive Index - September 2001

["Jeremy" <jeremy@electrosilk.net>]

> Sometimes Microsoft befuddle me.  Sure, kudos to Mr Gates, the worlds
> greatest business man in the world, but is it so hard to find good
> programmers?
>
> The IIS hole, I guess I can over look, but lets be honest here, why
> would anyone want to send an email to another person, which
> automatically runs when you preview it ... it just doesn't make sense!
>
> Anyway, just needed to get that off my chest ... back to it
>
> </rant>

well, I'm, ahem, a Linux user in general. My business includes setting up
security systems for linux served networks with a variety of clients. I
still think that Outlook Express is a nice piece of software and it is my
present email client of choice (Outlook proper is another story :-( )

The problem is not that an email can automatically run some application, it
is that when it does so it can do some damage.  *Bad* Microsoft !

The software will improve with time.  It is my earnest hope that we get a
nice clean set of MS software before Microsoft goes down the crazy path of
XP and all the nasty licensing attached.  Then we will be in a horrid
situation of chosing between immature and difficult software on *Nix and
good software of Micro$oft that costs a bomb and ties you to them forever.



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