Re: Microslosh vision of the future

["gg" <ggregory () affinitas net>]

<SNIP>
Bush just hired the former Microsoft head of security to be his
"go-to" man for creating an infrastructure to protect the security of
US computer assets.
<END SNIP>

Now that scares me...knowing Microsoft's reputation in the Security
Industry.  I heard the new moto is over one billion vulnerabilities served.

Gerardo

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brad Knowles" <brad.knowles () skynet be>
To: "blitz" <blitz () macronet net>; "Vadim Antonov" <avg () exigengroup com>
Cc: <nanog () nanog org>
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 3:44 PM
Subject: Re: Microslosh vision of the future


> At 11:47 PM -0400 2002/08/11, blitz wrote:
>
> >  I just hope the anti-trust people are looking into this....i can't
> >  see a bigger case for them to spring into action...
>
> Bush just hired the former Microsoft head of security to be his
> "go-to" man for creating an infrastructure to protect the security of
> US computer assets.
>
> Do you really think that they will ever again lift a hand against
> Microsoft?  They only participated in the anti-trust action brought
> by the Clinton white house because they had no choice -- their
> pulling out of the case would have been far worse than continuing to
> a settlement that resulted in less than a wrist-slap.
>
>
> And it didn't even take Billy-boy a billion to buy the US gov't.
>
> --
> Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles () skynet be>
>
> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
>      -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania.
>
> GCS/IT d+(-) s:+(++)>: a C++(+++)$ UMBSHI++++$ P+>++ L+ !E W+++(--) N+
!w---
> O- M++ V PS++(+++) PE- Y+(++) PGP>+++ t+(+++) 5++(+++) X++(+++) R+(+++)
> tv+(+++) b+(++++) DI+(++++) D+(++) G+(++++) e++>++++ h--- r---(+++)*
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