Linked by John Doe on Thu 15th Feb 2007 17:56 UTC
Windows Shock and awe; Windows Vista has been released to the hounds (that would be us). As just about every publication has reiterated a thousand times over it took 5+ years of design and development and cost USD 5.5 billion both directly and indirectly. We were promised (maybe not even promised, but bullshitted) a revolutionary operating system and what we got is for you to determine for yourselves. I personally think it's a disappointment to say the least.
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RE: Why are we surprised?
by StephenBeDoper on Fri 16th Feb 2007 02:35 UTC in reply to "Why are we surprised?"
StephenBeDoper
Member since:
2005-07-06

Melissa, Code Red, ILoveYou, etc?

I'm pretty sure that all 3 pre-date the release of XP.

Edited 2007-02-16 02:37

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RE[2]: Why are we surprised?
by irwindesigns on Fri 16th Feb 2007 18:46 in reply to "RE: Why are we surprised?"
irwindesigns Member since:
2006-12-21

Oct 25 2001 Official XP release Date?

W97M.Melissa.A
Discovered: March 26, 1999

CodeRed Worm
Discovered: July 16, 2001

That fact that these were dicovered and fixed before the the release of XP only makes the havoc that they were able to wreak even worse.

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StephenBeDoper Member since:
2005-07-06

That fact that these were dicovered and fixed before the the release of XP only makes the havoc that they were able to wreak even worse.

I don't claim to recall exactly, but didn't those only affect Win2k systems?

And didn't all of those viruses depend on exploits for which patches had been released months earlier?

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