Just because YOU don't want to want to run Linux on a Laptop, does NOT mean NO ONE does!!! Many of us PREFER Linux OVER Windoze.

I have been running Debian Linux on Laptops, Desktops, and Severs for at least 10 years with great success!

So go back to running Windoze, and just ignore /., Linux, and the Open Source community.

how do you explain many lawyers and most politicians??? Not to mention ALL the staff of the USPTO???

Perhaps you need to d/l and compare the latest version of LO to MS Office, then come back and gives us your unbiased opinion.

Is that anything like "Malware"?

If not, what is "Manware"?

Let me see if I have this straight. First you say:

"Not only it contains code that seems to have been written by retards but, in addition, it exposes the worst API I have ever seen."

But later you say:

"People can point out issues even if they are not capable of providing fixes for them. Not everyone is a coder, you elitist asshat."

First you claim to be an expert on source code analysis, but later you admit, or claim NOT to be a programmer! ;^)

ROTFLMAO!!!

And it does not surprise me at all that you completely missed my point, "Anonymous Coward"

Would you like to discuss all the vulnerabilities in Windows various versions, that has led to MILLIONS of different Malware??? Why doesn't Mickey$oft fix most of these??? They simply refuse!!!

I will take Linux, Open Source and Free Software any day of the week, and will deal with any flaws that come up. They are usually corrected quite quickly, and in this case, I am sure they spent a lot of time testing to inure all is fixed.

I sleep very well at night using Linux, and NOT using Windows software as much as humanly possible.

They would have to say:

"We will sell ALL wine before it's time!"

Borrowed from a Paul Masson Ad from the 70's!

A "File" link would be to a "File" on YOUR computer, NOT the WEB!!!!

HOW is it available to EVERYONE???

Your link is to a "File" NOT a site. I don't have access to your computer.

Not everyone is on Facebook! I am NOT and proud of it!

NO photo, article, etc... should be linked to on /. unless it is fully available to EVERYONE!!!

Imune to NSA evesdropping! ;^)

No, because if you consider ALL Mickey$oft Servers, then the percentage would be even higher, IMHO!!!

"So this summary doesn't even go into which Microsoft product is vulnerable, ..."

Are you kidding?

They ALL are!!!

And the customer will simply set it to "123456".

I had a client in the financial business, and the so-called, "Office-Manager" / Comptroller set all the passwords to "password" and several variations on this! He REFUSED to set them to secure passwords, even though if they were hacked, they could have lost millions of dollars in their client's money and securities!

That company is now someone else's headache now.