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sime

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Microsoft confident XP update will baffle hackers
« on: 9 September 2004, 17:07 »
Are they really this stupid or do they really  want to be proven wrong?

http://www.ebcvg.com/news.php?id=3611

Is it just me or was that a really, really, really stupid thing to say.

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Microsoft confident XP update will baffle hackers
« Reply #1 on: 9 September 2004, 17:57 »
It will baffle hackers...that is until the next 10000 holes are found.

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Microsoft confident XP update will baffle hackers
« Reply #2 on: 9 September 2004, 20:25 »
"If you could get through that I would be impressed."
this man is easily impressed, wouldn't you say?
Ballmer needs a firm kick in the ass.... (since he has no balls)

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Microsoft confident XP update will baffle hackers
« Reply #3 on: 10 September 2004, 00:06 »
I'll bet 10-1 that it's going to be cracked by the end of ths month  

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Microsoft confident XP update will baffle hackers
« Reply #4 on: 10 September 2004, 00:25 »
Gotta love that last quote though...
 
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Bookies immediately offered punters odds of 2-1 on that the system would be hacked by the end of the year.

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Microsoft confident XP update will baffle hackers
« Reply #5 on: 10 September 2004, 01:22 »
Much of SP2 is an extra layer of obscurity.  We all know how good that works.  ;)
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« Reply #6 on: 10 September 2004, 04:59 »
Its more of a fish-out-of-water, yes it will be cracked, but the majority of hackers (Read: skr1pt k1dd13's) will be baffled that their cool app's that hax windows boxen no longer work.
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Microsoft confident XP update will baffle hackers
« Reply #7 on: 10 September 2004, 19:15 »
vary funny ... I wonder how drunk was he when he said :"If you could get through that I would be impressed."