MY $.02 on FUD is:
It's something that's been around for a while, and flies equally frequantly in both directions. So, I would just say, ignore it. Afterall, I think Red Hat and other Linux vendors would know more about Linux then M$ would.
-Brad
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 1:43 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: FUD alert!
>
>
> Mmm,
>
> I'me fairly new to linux and have a few questions for you
> folks' about this
> Email from M$ .
>
> How much of what they say is true? They are obviously taking
> great delight
> about the issue but how much is just MS properganda meant to
> divert the
> public eye from Code Red etc?
>
> Am I right in reading that this Email was sent by MS to their
> customers? If
> so, are all their communications so unprofessional and badly
> written, let
> alone, so unethical?
>
> Did RedHat act badly by releasing information and a patch
> before others?
>
> I pressume that the fuss is about Security Advisory -
> RHSA-2001:157-06, if so
> I am grateful to RH for alerting me (that is, after all, why
> we subscribe to
> the alerts list) and allowing me to make an informed choice
> as to wether my
> system is at risk. My view (opinion only) , if MS and other
> developers
> know about the problem then so do the crackers, why wait.
>
> I really do not know much about the IT world, but my
> experience is that MS
> and MS products are dishonest (the box looks great ...) and
> that Linux is an
> 'honest' concept. As a customer I demand Honesty from
> products and vendors,
> MS do not fit that bill (,Bill). RH do, however.
>
> Mike
>
> RE: FUD alert!.
> On Thursday 06 December 2001 19:47, you wrote:
> > Here's an email that was forwarded to me, originally from a
> Mircosoft
> > employee to his customers. The FUD factor is off the scale!
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> >
>
>
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