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Absolutely true!
Here's the analogy:

Which is easier to terrorize? The infrastructure of the mountains of Afghanistan or downtown USA?

The problem is if you build something up to the point where it is as useful and friendly as it can be, there is NO WAY to avoid exposures. Pure and simple. Most of the anti-MS dullards on here simply can't fathom that. There's no sense in trying to talk them out of their poo-flinging posts.
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Current state is scary but so are the users  Boot_Agnostic | 01/03/06
Fine for who?  jinko | 01/04/06
I certainly didn't agree it was fine  Boot_Agnostic | 01/04/06
i think you meant whom... (nt)  linuxoverwindows | 01/04/06
Pot. Kettle. Black.  Tinmania | 01/04/06
darker than black  mactolinux | 01/04/06
MS management needs slapped on this one.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/03/06
When they first announced monthly patches,  Hugh Jass | 01/03/06
Forgot to mention that .wmf files can be embedded in Office docs, too! (NT)  Hugh Jass | 01/03/06
Hacks and Vista. Yes I said Vista...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/03/06
Two nice posts, Axey! Thumbs to the sky!  Hugh Jass | 01/03/06
A couple of them...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/04/06
Can't live with it, can't live without it  toadlife | 01/04/06
True, but...  gfeier | 01/04/06
Losing a customer due to hacks is not good either.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/04/06
DOS Support is great  BroGnorik | 01/04/06
DOS support is unnecessary.  Twey | 01/04/06
So why not just run DOS?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/04/06
True  Looneytoon | 01/05/06
Being one of those Apple IIe owners  voska | 01/04/06
This is just plain wrong  wolf_z | 01/04/06
Wolf, you are dead wrong.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/04/06
I could be wrong  dragontiger | 01/04/06
No application should elevate privilages...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/04/06
OK, I want to know  Yagotta B. Kidding | 01/04/06
wink Come on YBK  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/04/06
yeah but..  Jeff Spicoli | 01/04/06
No, you just aren't smart enought to agree with me.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/04/06
Frankly -  nomorems | 01/04/06
Obviously you need to read my posts more carefully.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/04/06
NOt the same guy dude  toadlife | 01/09/06
I agree...  Twey | 01/04/06
'Microsoft should have heeded my words several years ago and break..'  nomorems | 01/04/06
Problem with that  lengua99 | 01/06/06
I downloaded some of the exploit creation tools for this vulnerability  Hugh Jass | 01/03/06
I have a fix, sort of.  osreinstall | 01/03/06
You forgot a real important one !  George Jay | 01/04/06
Just run mozilla  osreinstall | 01/04/06
PRIVATE FIXED WORKED UNTIL ADDED IE SP, THEN NO VIDEO AT ALL.  VONDRASHEK@... | 01/05/06
My streaming video quit also.  osreinstall | 01/08/06
The village idiots strike again!!! Man aren't you glad you depend on Billy  DonnieBoy | 01/03/06
Your turn is next if  osreinstall | 01/04/06
Absolutely true!  ejhonda | 01/04/06
It's not the popularity, it's the design.  mosborne | 01/04/06
0-50% truth  Yagotta B. Kidding | 01/04/06
100% YBK  osreinstall | 01/04/06
You makes YBK's point  Robert Crocker | 01/05/06
Not completely.  osreinstall | 01/05/06
Take a look at servers  quantumstate | 01/05/06
Yes. You changed the enviroment.  osreinstall | 01/05/06
re-read without the ZDNet apologies  Richard Flude | 01/03/06
Interesting ... Firefox with Adblock Extension  rick752 | 01/03/06
unfortunately, windows will execute the file regardless of the extension  ~doolittle~ | 01/04/06
But you should never download it to begin with  rick752 | 01/04/06
What other extensions?  rick752 | 01/04/06
Adblock WORKS ... blocks downloading of WMF on page  rick752 | 01/04/06
yes, but renaming the wmf file defeats it...  ~doolittle~ | 01/04/06
more info from ISC  ~doolittle~ | 01/04/06
Weird ... Firefox seems secure here ... but not sure  rick752 | 01/04/06
pescatore is full of sheet  jmanico | 01/04/06
I am a PC user  spinit_z | 01/04/06
Walk the walk, spinmeister  dmhspam | 01/04/06
Gartner does it again  dmhspam | 01/04/06
All the ms trolls are busy  zmud | 01/04/06
Wait for Windows patch opens attack window  Loverock Davidson | 01/04/06
Message has been deleted.  stormdoor | 01/04/06
You must like to get deleted (NT)  Loverock Davidson | 01/04/06
WHAT?  jmanico | 01/04/06
You heard me  Loverock Davidson | 01/04/06
I'd hardly consider George Ou a Microsoft Hater (NT)  George Jay | 01/04/06
one small mitigation  jmanico | 01/04/06
Happy NEW Year! Let the vicious cycles START  michael_t | 01/04/06
happy new year! i still use linux!  linuxoverwindows | 01/04/06
See, now that's something that could sell  Boot_Agnostic | 01/04/06
i think theyre in the wrong magazines...  linuxoverwindows | 01/04/06
All I ever ask of them is to advert their points  Boot_Agnostic | 01/04/06
Ahh, Now I know why MS is not worried about fixing security in their warez!  nomorems | 01/04/06
Wait for Win Patch/or/As The World Turns  walterreads@... | 01/04/06
any system...  linuxoverwindows | 01/04/06
RE: Wait for Win Patch/or/As The World Turns  Linux User 147560 | 01/04/06
Lawyers start your engines!  Andromedat6 | 01/04/06
show them these forums...  linuxoverwindows | 01/04/06
off the subject  Shelendrea | 01/04/06
RE: Lawyers start your engines!  Linux User 147560 | 01/04/06
Well on the bright side!  Linux User 147560 | 01/04/06
Vulnerabilities like this are rare  zmud | 01/04/06
Details of Vulverability  ursulus | 01/04/06
Endless Microsoft patches  britval | 01/04/06

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