SP3 download preparations

Gerry

Microsoft were suffering an extremly bad press before SP2 because their
operating system was so vulnerable to exploitation by malware. They had
to put very considerable resources over the next 4 years to eliminate
these weaknesses in the operating system. That is not to say the
weaknesses should not have been there in the first place. However, they
had to take action and they did. It is foolish to criticise them for
trying to put matters right, which is how I interpret your post.

--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


ANONYMOUS wrote:
> Gerry wrote:
>
>> Patrick
>>
>> Thanks for your thoughts. I am in no hurry. I prefer to read the
>> problems others encounter first. With SP2 there was initially no
>> charge -that came later. Perhaps the Accountants woke up to the very
>> considerable costs their colleagues had incurred.
>>
>
> There was initially no charge for SP2 CDs because MS wanted everyone
> to install it [whether they needed it or not] because they thought
> spyware writers and hackers would not succeed to penetrate anybody's
> system with new version of firewall ON by default!! Otherwise there
> wasn't any other reasons for it!
>
> Sceptics might say because the development of SP2 was partly funded
> by CIA and FBI to have any say in tracking and keeping tabs on
> terrorists and money launderers. I don't buy this theory though!

Gerry

Microsoft were suffering an extremly bad press before SP2 because their
operating system was so vulnerable to exploitation by malware. They had
to put very considerable resources over the next 4 years to eliminate
these weaknesses in the operating system. That is not to say the
weaknesses should not have been there in the first place. However, they
had to take action and they did. It is foolish to criticise them for
trying to put matters right, which is how I interpret your post.

--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


ANONYMOUS wrote:
> Gerry wrote:
>
>> Patrick
>>
>> Thanks for your thoughts. I am in no hurry. I prefer to read the
>> problems others encounter first. With SP2 there was initially no
>> charge -that came later. Perhaps the Accountants woke up to the very
>> considerable costs their colleagues had incurred.
>>
>
> There was initially no charge for SP2 CDs because MS wanted everyone
> to install it [whether they needed it or not] because they thought
> spyware writers and hackers would not succeed to penetrate anybody's
> system with new version of firewall ON by default!! Otherwise there
> wasn't any other reasons for it!
>
> Sceptics might say because the development of SP2 was partly funded
> by CIA and FBI to have any say in tracking and keeping tabs on
> terrorists and money launderers. I don't buy this theory though!