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The patches for THOSE operating systems NEVER stopped the functionality of the OS.
Mac OS 10.2.7 I think it was, or 10.2.8, broke ethernet on Power Macs.
OH, no it's impossible for non-MS companies to screw up.
Pfft.
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OSX usually is clean from the get go and as for linux'es. The patch is to prevent anything from happening in the first place, where as Micor$oft is again trying to cover up its sloppy coding practices.
Let's see you build something that complex, with as poor a history as they ACTUALLY HAVE, and do better. The problem is that you won't see that there's actually a change. Instead of just fixing bugs, SP2 actually makes architectural changes to the OS, and adds several new security layers. Regardless of what value you see in that, it DOES mark a change in the way MS thinks. Instead of saying "it's up to the user to plug the holes", they're actually taking a proactive stance for once and are at least trying to fix the mistakes they've been making since NT 3.1 was released.
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You keep going on about "will m$ do anyting right."
Actually, I "keep going on" about the way you say that MS will never do anything right.
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Instead of complaining, why don't you work with M$ to at least fix the BASIC problems they have.
Or perhaps you could do this? When last I looked, I wasn't the one complaining about MS Windows.
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How is it that they are taking the right step when they are STILL repeating the same mistakes again.
If you can't see it yourself, then it's not worth explaining it.
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Again we have a major patch that causes more problems than an average virus attack, this has being going on in Micor$oft for years.
Sure, whatever.
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Backwards compatobility has never existed in the M$ world since they don't follow any kind of standard.
lollerz
I suppose the whole "being able to run code from a decade previous" doesn't count as backward compatibility.
You gimp.
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For a hobby OS its fine. People could live with such insecure and unstable troubles as what M$ brings. Its just not ever going to be an OS that will be taken seriously.
Oops. Too late... people
already do.
[ September 01, 2004: Message edited by: JimmyJames: GenSTEP Founder ]