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From: Brian <sub...@post.com>
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Just a quick note:

Confidential information stored on Much Music Windows 2000 servers have 
begun to appear in email sent to clients of the popular music portal.

Isn't Windows 20000 supposed to be secure?

One of these days we will wake up and find all our most secret financial  
information, health data and credit card numbers passed around like cheap 
novels on the 'Net.

Perhaps it's time for Microsoft to stand back for a moment and build a 
secure OS before it starts taking care of (but not responsibility for) this 
private information.

Best regards,

The Other Brian

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Perhaps it's time for sys admins to learn how to make Windows 2000 secure.
Maybe they should actually read Win2K manuals. Maybe you should stop spreading
lies about Win 2000 and its security. I'm really getting sick of asking you the same
question again, but why doesn't somebody hack www.microsoft.com ? If it's so insecure
as you say, than how come it hasn't been hacked yet ? Especially knowing that this is every
hacker's dream. And please don't tell me that it was hacked, because it wasn't.
The whole linux movement is based on lies.

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"It's easy. You just have to unplug it."

Funny you said that. My Linux test box has been unplugged for 3 months now!
:-)

--
Brian
Microsoft MVP - Publisher

Microsoft Publisher 2002 Solutions:
http://kvalcom.jvlnet.com


"Brian" <sub...@post.com> wrote in message
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| Hi Adrian:
|
| Adrian L wrote:
| > Perhaps it's time for sys admins to learn how to make Windows 2000
secure.
|
| It's easy. You just have to unplug it.
|
| > Maybe they should actually read Win2K manuals. Maybe you
| > should stop spreading lies about Win 2000 and its security.
|
| You mean lies about Windows 2000 being secure? You have to talk to
| Microsoft about that.
|
| > I'm really getting sick of asking you the same question again,
| > but why doesn't somebody hack www.microsoft.com?
|
| Has already happened, Multiple times. Proof was posted in this very NG a
| couple weeks ago. You may choose to ignore it if it pleases you.
|
| > If it's so insecure as you say, than how come it hasn't
| > been hacked yet?
|
| Has.
|
| > Especially knowing that this is every hacker's dream. And
| > please don't tell me that it was hacked, because it wasn't.
|
| OK. You can go into denial all you like but the fact is crackers have had
| access to microsot.com on a number of occasions that we aware of. There
was
| even some concern that XP source code may have been filched.
|
| > The whole linux movement is based on lies.
|
| The whole Microsoft movement is founded on momentum at the expence of
| competance.
|
| Best regards,
|
| The Other Brian
|

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Hi Brian (MVP):

Brian - [Publisher MVP] wrote: 
> Funny you said that. My Linux test box has been 
> unplugged for 3 months now!
> :-)

You should DL and try Slackware 8.0 - complete with the free Slackware book.

I am not much of a Linux GUI person and quite frankly didn't enjoy any of 
the common Linux desktops. I can now say that with the advent of KDE 2.2 
KOffice 1.1rc1 and multiple choices for browser, that Linux has arrived on 
the desktop.

Development is moving at an incredible rate and KDE 3.0 should be out by 
the new year. We may also expect to see Linux 2.5 kernel development to 
begin shortly.

I have installed KDE on a handful of desktops for some of my clients and 
plans are in place to upgrade almost all Windows 95 desktops to KDE. The 
cost of installation is almost identical to Windows 2000 but no licence 
fees and less hardware to upgrade (mostly memory upgrades). 

Some desktops will have to remain Microsoft but there are no plans to 
upgrade them beyond 98se - no W2K because of hardware/legacy software 
issues. Microsoft sure stepped on their dick with Windows 2000!

As you are aware, I switch back and forth beteen Windows 98se and Slackware 
8.0 with KDE 2.2 so I am familiar with both. The biggest problem with 
moving back to Windows is the limitation o a single desktop - in KDE, I 
have 6 and I use all of them. 

Another thing that KDE has is the aability to roll up a running application 
to just it's title-bar. Double-tapping the title bar brings the windows 
back down to it's origianl size. 

Another thing I love is the stability in Linux - I have 16-24 
apps/utils/consoles open at any one time - I am using only 2/3rds of 
available memory (~400megs) and it is rock-solid compared to Windows 98se.

KDE is still not as stable as the Linux CLI but it is worlds better than 
Windows.

Best regards Brian (MVP),

The Other Brian

ps- Have a great weekend!