Path: csiph.com!xmission!news.alt.net!not-for-mail From: owl Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 19:10:28 +0000 (UTC) Organization: O.W.L. Lines: 53 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: boom.rooftop.invalid User-Agent: tin/2.2.1-20140504 ("Tober an Righ") (UNIX) (Linux/3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64)) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:341173 Slimer <.m@nsn.s> wrote: > On 2016-01-20 10:48 AM, owl wrote: >> Slimer <.m@nsn.s> wrote: >>> On 2016-01-20 10:01 AM, owl wrote: >>>> Desk Rabbit wrote: >>>>> On 19/01/2016 21:21, owl wrote: >>>>>> Slimer <.m@nsn.s> wrote: >>>>>>> ROFL! It's in the kernel too. "The flaw, which was introduced into the >>>>>>> Linux kernel in version 3.8 released in early 2013, resides in the OS >>>>>>> keyring." Looks like your toiletware is ONCE MORE the source of security >>>>>>> problems. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Shit happens. Good thing I don't have to wait until "Patch Tuesday" and >>>>>> then fight a hostile upgrade attempt just to patch a security vuln. >>>>> >>>>> And in the real world of managed IT services, patches are pre-vetted and >>>>> rolled out to different customers on different days. >>>>> >>>>> Non-problem. >>>>> >>>> >>>> I would guess that the vast majority of Microsoft's customers -- consumer >>>> and small business -- don't make use of managed IT services and are left >>>> to fend for themselves. Also didn't I read that MS is going to start >>>> pushing W10 upgrades onto the corporate scene also? I have to laugh >>>> these days (since W8 introduction) at the idea of Windows in the business >>>> world. What business wants a cell phone interface on their desktop >>>> computers? What exactly is the purpose of that? >>> >>> I wonder how Windows 10's interface resembles that of a cell phone. >>> Windows 8 sure, but 8.1 and 10 no longer have such a thing. >>> >> >> The live tiles are in the menu now. And that ridiculous alphbetically >> sorted menu list is nearly useless. > > In the Start Menu, they're essentially out of the way and they are > easily removed even from there. A person looking to have a > traditional-looking Start Menu can have one with very little effort. > With that then, what is the advantage of 10 vs 7 other than MS data mining your private information. I've never been much of a Microsoft basher. Hell, I'm even an MCSE. But they have really lost their bearings in the last few years. First they destroyed Technet. Then there's the misguided goal of merging the Desktop/Cell phone experience. Now they're doing their best to trick people into upgrading to an OS that they obviously don't want or else they would not have to be tricked or forced to install it. They've said that Windows 10 is the "last Windows." Let's hope so.