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Original Post: Blaster Worm Continues to Cause Troubles for Windows
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Scoble notices that people are still angry over Blaster, and begs for indulgence, since they are working on the problem. Hmm. maybe if Outlook and Outlook Express hadn't shipped in default to script kiddie heaven mode, we wouldn't have this problem, now would we? I'm glad MS is thinking about these issues now - but I refuse to cut the complete bozos on the Outlook team any slack for the stupid security decisions they have been making for years now. What were they thinking??
Yes, all software ships with bugs and issues - Cincom Smalltalk is no exception (I have already reported a few bugs to engineering for 7.2, which is going to be shipping to customers tomorrow). However, the decision to ship Outlook and Outlook Express in bozo mode for years is a much bigger problem. The internet will be plagued by that mistake for years to come, since many users will never apply patches or toggle the settings to safe. I'm not normally in favor of class action suits, but in this case - I think it's the sort of thing that would wake MS, and the industry as a whole, up. Ask yourself whether hardware with similar problems wouldn't have generated lawsuits by now...
In the meantime, do the world a favor - next time a non-technical person asks you for advice on a new system, steer them to a Mac. Maybe that will get Microsoft's attention
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