MS Tackle Spyware!

[FastRobPlus]

PMC wrote:
It's like Larry Flynt saying "I declare war on pornography!" or Tony Blair saying "I do actually give a {bleep} what the British electorate thinks!".

I agree!  How can anyone even *think* this will be produced for AmigaOS?  The only spyware it will remove is for X86 boxes!!!!

[FastRobPlus]

mikeymike wrote:
Sort the problem, don't treat the symptom.

It's one thing for other companies to design spyware software, but MS should be fixing the holes instead, not trying to come up with a subscription service to profit from the holes.

I think you're confusing security holes with spyware.  Spyware does not need a "hole" to operate from within.  

I do understand the hostility towards MS. Nobody want's an American company to succeed.

[FastRobPlus]

mikrucio wrote:
believe it from me who works with this {bleep}E everyday.

spyware IS microsofts problem. and this new program is {bleep}E.

dont use it. they didnt make it anyway, they bought it from someone else who started it.

microsoft dont know their ass hole from their mouth hole.

end of story.

AMIGA OS is the best in the world and anyone who disagrees is a moron..

GREETINGS..

Once again, ESL rears its ugly head.

[FastRobPlus]

HopperJF wrote:
AFT.  :pissed:

But even so it seems they can release any heap of crap and watch it sell to the masses.

You mean, like MS BOB?  The MS cordless phone? Someone's in the Kitchen? Freestyle Pro? WinG? IE Channels? Image Composer?  I wasn’t aware the masses were beating doors down to find these!  :-?

Or were you perhaps thinking of DirectX (which beat Glide and OpenGL) and Word (beat WordStar and WordPerfect) and Excel (Beat Quattro and VisiCalc.)  and PowerPoint (beat endless sea of crappy apps)?  

Seems to me, those titles all won on their own merits…

[FastRobPlus]

Vincent wrote:

FastRobPlus wrote:
...and Word (beat WordStar and WordPerfect)

I still prefer Lotus :-P

Gimme GeoWrite anyday!

-*edit*-
On second thought - only if I get to use an Okimate 20.  None o' this Okimate 10 garbage!

[FastRobPlus]

DonnyEMU wrote:

You mean, like MS BOB? The MS cordless phone? Someone's in the Kitchen? Freestyle Pro? WinG? IE Channels? Image Composer? I wasn’t aware the masses were beating doors down to find these!

Just a note from someone who was a wee bit involved with WinToon and WinG development in the past:

These api's were meant as a bridge between Windows 3.1 and Windows 95. Windows 3.1 video drivers didn't know much about writing to off screen buffers. WinG was never meant as any kind of long term solution. DirectDraw surfaces are an outgrowth of all of that..

IE channels are still KINDA there but hidden.. Most useful are they if you have pocket pc's.

And who didn't love BOB back in the days of Program Manager. Someone had a sense of humor.. The barking dog along with Paperclip made it to MS Word help :-)

The point I am making is a good technology company isn't afraid to experiment and make available short term solutions along with their core technologies..

Hey Donny.

Did you work on BOB?  If so, I have a question...  The smiley face lolypops they handed out as a ship celebration.  What's thier shelf-life?  Mine's still in my desk from 1995, and I'm worried that it may no longer be safe to eat.