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An airliner is an even tougher case...
Building an airliner is an incredibly complex undertaking. More so than a car. But if an airplane design showed signs of significant safety issues, the whole lot of them would likely be grounded *until the problems were fixed*. So Microsoft held things up for six months while they focused on the initiative, but apparently didn't address many of the problems. Software doesn't hold the same degree of importance as an aircraft, but some of the issues with past versions (and perhaps current?) of Windows are the result of simple carelessness in coding. What MS is fixing isn't an easy task, but if they hadn't waited until two years ago to make a serious attempt at doing it right, it would be easier and quicker than it is now.

When Windows/DOS became a networkable OS, MS should have taken more steps to prevent some of these vulnerabilities. Especially since they were targeting it for businesses. Even without the Internet, some of these problems had the potential to be costly and MS has been aware of the importance of the Web for almost ten years now.

I use MS products myself, although as I've stated in these forums before, I won't move to XP because of the activation requirement. I find Win2K to be very stable, even I do tend to tax it unduly. Most of the problems seem to be in the apps now and many aren't from MS. So I won't bet against the company, because they can do amazing work. Then again, they can also do incredibly stupid things (leaving the firewall disabled by default in XP, putting easily accessible hooks into the OS in their apps and allowing critical system files to be overwritten by users without root access, to name just a few), so I would put any money on them, either.
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Just give us ten more years! Only ten more years!  SloooeShflu | 01/15/04
Software isn't a car and it won't take 10 years  marksashton | 01/15/04
why shoudl it be that complex?  ryusen | 01/15/04
Windows is increasingly modular  marksashton | 01/15/04
Clustering ... problems of Linux...  michael-t | 01/15/04
Better cluster example  Robert Crocker | 01/16/04
Try eComStation  Update victim | 01/16/04
um...  ryusen | 01/16/04
The Fix is IN with Longhorn  Aphelion | 01/15/04
Good post Aph!  SloooeShflu | 01/15/04
NOOOO!!!!! The Fix is AFTER Longhorn!  Hard Cider | 01/18/04
Moon landings and airliners  michael-t | 01/15/04
The Principle remains  Update victim | 01/16/04
I agree with you 158%  Hard Cider | 01/18/04
An airliner is an even tougher case...  mds_z | 01/21/04
It's hard to say....  Heatlesssun | 01/15/04
problems  ryusen | 01/16/04
Pretty pathetic effort  Chad_z | 01/15/04
Customers are better off today than they were a year ago  toomuchgreeatea@... | 01/15/04
Smoke and Mirrors  issthatso | 01/16/04
Well, some of them are.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 01/17/04
customers were better off 5yrs ago than they are today  stephen732@... | 01/18/04
Love 'em or hate 'em but MS EVENTUALLY get sit right  marksashton | 01/15/04
Umm, what have they EVER gotten right?!  SloooeShflu | 01/15/04
You are not particuarly well informed  marksashton | 01/15/04
you're the expert  stephen732@... | 01/15/04
Of course he is, he's a shill  SloooeShflu | 01/16/04
Marky Mark? That's intelligent....  marksashton | 01/16/04
A few patent infringgement cases?!  SloooeShflu | 01/16/04
OK  SloooeShflu | 01/16/04
Just a matter of time  ITGuy04 | 01/16/04
apples and microsfots  ryusen | 01/16/04
Version 3 Mantra is Urban Myth  Fred Fredrickson | 01/15/04
You're not being accurate or fair  marksashton | 01/15/04
That's your opinion  Fred Fredrickson | 01/16/04
One successful product?  marksashton | 01/16/04
please stop smoking crack! ...i can't stop laughing  stephen732@... | 01/17/04
NT Was NOT BEST.  ITGuy04 | 01/16/04
Have you ever used anything else?  Update victim | 01/16/04
Warp? Really?  wgrobinson@... | 01/18/04
my opinions...  ryusen | 01/16/04
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA  MarcB_z | 01/16/04
what are they talking about?  JWatson77 | 01/15/04
Ever get the feeling...  matt@... | 01/15/04
If I'm not mistaken...  rapson | 01/15/04
In any event Microsoft IS a monopolist  SloooeShflu | 01/16/04
Let's say you're not ...  Still Lynn | 01/18/04
Microsoft is a joke...  gtdworak | 01/15/04
Your post is a joke if you actually believe what you wrote  marksashton | 01/15/04
Unilateral knowledge  michael-t | 01/15/04
Actually yes  marksashton | 01/16/04
Unix is a different creature  michael-t | 01/16/04
I'm No Kernel Programmer ... But I'll Bite.  jjworleyeoe | 01/16/04
Clash of perspectives yields conflicts, not dialogue  Still Lynn | 01/18/04
long-winded  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 01/18/04
Macintosh compared to Windows  chrismac | 01/17/04
It's not that simple.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 01/18/04
lies and lies..  M_c | 01/16/04
There's a lot more to trust than security holes!!!  xunil skcor | 01/16/04
The Payoff (in a related story...)  MarcB_z | 01/16/04
Payoff  bit_rot | 01/16/04
Non-MS users passing judgement???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/16/04
You seem very up to date on linux Bitty  SloooeShflu | 01/16/04
I use Linux.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/16/04
So what's the fuss then???  SloooeShflu | 01/16/04
Most people use both platforms...  BitTwiddler | 01/16/04
We don't say we don't use it, we just don't LIKE using it  MarcB_z | 01/16/04
Then get a new job.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/16/04
Easy...  Patrick Jones | 01/16/04
Are you still trying to milk that bull?  B.O.F.H. | 01/16/04
Wake the f up.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 01/17/04
Non-MS users are affected by MS security  tic swayback | 01/16/04
So, you are a Mac shop yet Windows gets hit...  Confused by religion | 01/16/04
You misunderstood  tic swayback | 01/17/04
Her problem...  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 01/17/04
that leaves me out...  ryusen | 01/16/04
Trustworthy Computing = Low Quality MS Product Lock-in  brenthawkinsmd | 01/16/04
Microsoft admits....  mal_adjusted | 01/16/04
ACTIVEX biggest hole for consumers  Nullifidian | 01/16/04
Patching pain  jasonp@... | 01/16/04
Heck yes!  bhanes@... | 01/16/04
Of Course It Has ... Unless You're a ABM'r  jjworleyeoe | 01/16/04
Comparing apples to apples  Still Lynn | 01/18/04
Being an MCSE  MuffinMan_z | 01/17/04
Brain dead or lunar?  dark_stream | 01/26/04
you are joking  lotta_anger | 01/17/04
What else is new  dark_stream | 01/26/04

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