Re: Microsoft Faces Angry IE Users' Questions

[bipin gautam <visitbipin () yahoo com>]

> but well over two years ago now Billy Boy went
> public and told the 
> world that security is now more important than
> features.  Of course, 
> the skeptical part of the world did not believe that
> Billy really mean 
> it and the skeptical part of the world has been
> proven right for more 
> than two years as almost no-one at Microsoft has
> actually acted in line 
> with that edict, but according to Bill's public
> prognostications a 
> softie cannot validly say any more "it might break
> something on some 
> obscure site" as a reason (or worse, an excuse) for
> not fixing some 
> glaring security flaw...


If M$ wan't to put new features..... I believe; that
ain't bad, just a kind of evolution. BUT, the worst
thing about M$ is IT FORCES THE USERS to a high degree
 TO USE FEATURES that it puts in its product even
while the user don't want to.....

Such practice is sure to repeal a security concious
user away from M$ products. At-lest M$ should have an
option to let users choose; whether  they wanna use a
particular feature or remove it.

This will certainly reduce a considerable amount of
attack. The one reason linux is comparatively secure
is, eg: the user has option to choose between
lynx/links/mozilla/opera... as per their taste and
requirememt. This will ceratinly reduce/slow-down any
'mass attack' to a greater degree.

bipin


                
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