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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:38 AM Original message |
Google phasing out use of Microsoft's Windows over security concerns |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. In the same article ... |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
2. I highly doubt the security flaw they exploited was due to Windows OS |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. LOL |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. The uninformed always jump on the bandwagon and laugh about how bad windowz is |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. ...and then there are those who were into computers before you were born. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Well that's your problem. Technology has changed a great bit since the 1970s |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:14 AM Response to Reply #8 |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:17 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. An Internet Explorer exploit n/t |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:20 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. So you will replace all your operating systems because of an internet browser security flaw? |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:27 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. You think Explorer is just a browser? |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:33 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. You seem to be confusing explorer.exe and iexplorer.exe |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:47 AM Response to Reply #20 |
31. No, I'm not confusing them |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:49 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. But explorer.exe is totally seperate from iexplorer.exe |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:51 AM Response to Reply #16 |
33. The flaw only existed in IE6 and was reported by Microsoft over a year ago. |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:28 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Maybe use an OS built by someone who doesn't insist the browser is PART OF the OS? |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:30 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Since Windows server 2008 you can now run the server without the UI |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:32 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I think the OP was about workstations. -nt |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:33 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. The OP was, the person I was responding to was talking about servers |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:37 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. So you agree that business decision by Google was sensible? -nt |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:37 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Google can do as it wishes, I dont like the fact they slander their competition with misleading info |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:43 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. So the Chinese hacking didn't happen? |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Do you know anything about the attack or are you just blowing smoke out your ass? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #27 |
34. No the hacking happened on a 9 year old browser. |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:39 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Server core? That JOKE of an OS? |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:41 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Does it include internet explorer? No? my point stands. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Just read up on this, it was an internet explorer 6 exploit. If google is still using IE6... |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:18 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Do YOU know? -nt |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:21 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Nope, I'm simply saying people blaming M$ don't either |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Yes. I had NO problems until I tried Chrome. nt |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
6. Google chrome has more security issues than Microsoft. nt |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
12. My wifes Winsux XP machine has over 90 security updates. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:23 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. That boils down to 9 patches a year since XP was released. That's actually a very impressive record |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
29. For the morning crowd |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:46 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. What operating system did you write that message with? |
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