__/ [ Robert Newson ] on Sunday 06 May 2007 07:40 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
> ...
>> | The database is built from Microsoft's Jet database engine. The
>> | engine, according to Microsoft, is vulnerable to corruption when a lot
>> | of concurrent activity is happening with the database, such as what
>> | occurs on an election night...
>
> Hmmm...not-fit-for-purpose springs to mind; and /admitted/ by MS.
>
They lost they magic touch and tact. They have been admitting too much
recently, e.g.:
Microsoft admits Vista screwed - report
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| Vista SP1 is code named "Fiji", presumably after a pretty looking
| island which is paralysed by coups.
|
| In a statement regarding the service pack Microsoft admits that
| Vista has "high impact" problems.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37125
Microsoft admits Vista failure
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| With two overlapping events, Microsoft admitted what we have been saying
| all along, Vista, aka Windows Me Two (Me II), is a joke that no one
| wants.
|
| [...]
|
| This is classic abusive monopoly behavior, Microsoft wrote the modern
| book on it. It pulled all the major OEMs in by twisting their arms
| with the usual methods, and they again all fell into line. Never
| before has anyone backpedalled on this, to do so would earn you
| the wrath of Microsoft.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39087
Microsoft Admits Open Source Patent Pledge Misses the Target
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| Microsoft Corp has admitted execution flaws with its promise not to
| sue open source software developers and invited the wider community
| to tell the software firm how it can get it right.
|
| [...]
|
| "While the idea was solid, the execution seems to have missed the
| mark a bit," he wrote, noting that Microsoft has had feedback from
| key open source developers within Novell that the covenant is not
| up to scratch.
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http://www.computerwire.com/industries/research/?pid=30FD2FA7%2D37E8%2D4351%2D9140%2D41F11A07DF70
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| Asked about these problems, Arno Edelmann, Microsoft's European business
| security product manager, told ZDNet UK on Thursday that the code itself
| has pieces missing.
| "Usually Microsoft doesn't develop products, we buy products. It's not a
| bad product, but bits and pieces are missing," said Edelmann.
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39286351,00.htm
Context:
Microsoft shipped OneCare unfinished?
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| Since shipping in May, OneCare has failed industry tests and exposed
| users to attack because of a security flaw in the antivirus engine.
| The application also incorrectly flagged Gmail as a virus and in some
| cases quarantined or even deleted complete in-boxes when a single
| e-mail was laden with a virus.
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http://news.com.com/2061-10789_3-6168629.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
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