@ub and @cb issues - an idea

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 01:32:07PM -0400, Fairlight wrote:
> YMMV.  I'm not out to start an OS war.  Quite the contrary--I consider the
> whole issue of the security of such a proposal a moot point from a security
> standpoint, strictly -because- it's no secret what 'doze is like.  Implement
> it or no; it won't make much of a difference.  Those still running 'doze
> in production environments either know what they're doing and put in the
> effort, or they're ready to face the risks--or should be.  And as M$ is
> just releasing patches that affect serious core security considerations as
> far-reaching as back to Win98, I see it as not really mattering how much
> effort one puts into it--patched to the latest still isn't good enough, and
> hasn't been for years or 98 would have been patched far earlier than six
> years later.

So you're syaing the 'conscious act' I'm looking for is 

cd c:\winnt
setup

:-)

Cheers,
-- jra
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