RE: FW: Careful. This is for information only.

["Ian Perry" <iperry@inertia.com.au>]

> From: John Griffiths [mailto:john@capmon.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 9:12 PM

> >True... Seems like a pretty grey area though.
> >He is ultimately responsible for it.  There has been enough
> publicity about
> >CR to ascertain that the system admin was negligent in his duty.
> >
> >Ian
> >
>
> We're not dealing with sysadmins.
>
> In the most part it's home users who bought shady computers
> with a slightly unsuitable OS on it, they're probably
> slightly puzzled why their computer's running a bit slow but
> these thngs happen under windows.
>
> Also there's a bucket load of dodgy licences in the third
> world and these guys can't get the patch because they can't register,

	Then the NatCops wont mind ;)

> It's a mess of MS's making but it's all getting horribly complicated.

	Perhaps MS should pay for their lack of sufficient testing.  But as usual,
they will just bury their head in the sand and proclain the perceived
greatness of their product.

>
> But make no mistake, most of the unpatched boxes have users,
> not sysadmins.
>
	I agree

	Ian