Gates Says Windows Reliability Is Greater

mogrinz writes "According to an interview with the New York Times, Bill Gates is proud of the achievements Microsoft has made in increasing the security of Windows. As for the effects on people being attacked by SoBig.F, etc? Gates says this is "something we feel very bad about". Gates summarizes the Microsoft position very succinctly: "We're doing our very best, and that's all we can do"."

Wow, it's really secure now!

[Rosco P. Coltrane]

Shit, it's so secure I need a password to read the article:

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No?

[jabbadabbadoo]

"Q. Blaster included a message attacking you. Do you take these things personally?

A. No. "

He should.

Best?

[Surak]

Well, apparently Mr. Gates, your best isn't good enough, now is it?

Obligatory quote from "The Rock"

[arnie_apesacrappin]

Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen.

Re:Just Great

[Anonymous Coward]

I was hoping to find Windows on the dot com fad list.... **sigh*

Fear of lawsuits? Bah!

[denisdekat]

I like the part about "are you afraid of product liability suits". He should have answered. "no, now that we understand how to buy politicians and use lobbyists, we no longer fear the law".

Easy math.

[AltGrendel]

I think the formula he's using is:

x+50%(where x = 0)

You can alter the percentage to taste, Bill does.

Oh just steal Linux already!

[ellem]

For Chris'sake BILL what the fuck is taking so Goddamn long.

Steal the fucking Linux Kernel slap a Windows sticker on it sue the GPL out of business and give us One OS To Bind (not BIND) Them All already.

You ripped everything else off, how about ripping off so fucking security?

Re:No?

[Dark Lord Seth]

If he did, two minutes of reading slashdot would be enough to drive the guy to suicide.

Re:Wow, it's really secure now!

[Anonymous Coward]

You know, having been a reader of The New York Times since I was ten, I can't really object to registration.

I'm sure you can. You probably just haven't tried hard enough. Maybe you need to object to a few simpler things first and work your way up to it.

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[kiltedtaco]

Content analysis details: (20 hits, 5 required)

AUTHOR_JOHN_MARKOV (20 points) Article written by John Markov

Other than that Mrs. Lincoln....

[Mammothrept]

"Virus Aside, Gates Says Reliability Is Greater"

Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play?

Re:Oh just steal Linux already!

[stwrtpj]

Steal the fucking Linux Kernel slap a Windows sticker on it sue the GPL out of business and give us One OS To Bind (not BIND) Them All already.

Then SCO will sue them for using their patented business plan without a proper license.

Re:Obligatory quote from "The Rock"

[synergy3000]

In this case the prom queen happens to be windows users.

Er

[cca93014]

We have some other ideas such as something called behavior blocking that will obviate the need in many cases to use patches.

Time to get the tin foil hats out again. Longhorn is going to affect the part of your brain that writes worms...

Gates needs to read /.

[GoofyBoy]

Quote the article:

"Q. You have enemies who are in a crusade to undermine Microsoft. How do you cope with that?

A. I'm not aware of any systematic attempt by any group. "

Re:No?

[dipipanone]

What makes you think that Bill does not read Slashdot?

His money. If *you* had all those billions in the bank, would you be sitting here reading this drivel?

Windows is more secure than Linux!

[HanzoSan]

Why should Microsoft fix anything? Window's is the most secure OS according to http://www.wininformant.com/Articles/Index.cfm?Art icleID=23958 [wininformant.com]

Re:No?

[Gleng]

Yes, but wearing a top hat and a monacle.

Re:No?

[pyrrhonist]

What makes you think that Bill does not read Slashdot? Plenty of Microsoft employees do.

Check out his slashdot page: Bill Gates [slashdot.org]

"We're doing our very best,"

[ghum]

"Loosers allways tell me that they are doing their very best. Winners date the prom queen"

Sean Connery in "the rock"

Re:Obligatory quote from "The Rock"

[Morky]

That's ridiculous. There are plenty of winners on this forum and I can assure you none of them has ever fucked a prom queen.

The Correct Word Is...

[Enkerli]

the figures that these organizations pull out of their ass, I mean, databases.

Nope! You mean "databasses"...

Re:Obligatory quote from "The Rock"

[irc.goatse.cx troll]

" That's ridiculous. There are plenty of winners on this forum and I can assure you none of them has ever fucked a prom queen."
You're thinking of whiners.