According to the Seattle Times Microsoft will make some changes to it’s operating system and browser software due to patent infringements. The article also states that Microsoft will deliver Java support in its operating system a bit longer than previously announced.
two companies said one of the main issues concerning customers and software vendors is the ability to preserve security during the transition so that hackers won’t get a chance to exploit software flaws
9 months to test a software ! Windows is full of security flaws, are you sure they wait 9 months to integrate The .net Framwork ?
Sorry for my english
More Info:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1310572,00.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/ieupdate/
it sucks, I was just over at /. and a guy posted a link to MSDN…not you willg et 3 pop ups asking you if it is ok to load the plug-ins.
Patents are supposed to be used to promote the growth and functionality of things….this has just pulled the web back by 10 years.
No, apparently you don’t get asked if it’s ok to load the plug-ins. You just get told it’s going to, and you have to click ok. Would be much nicer if it actually asked you; then I probably wouldn’t mind it – it would make Flash less obnoxious.
I think people may be looking at this the wrong way. If this puts an end to things like Xupiter installing itself on the machines of people who are still using Internet Explorer I’m all for it.
Software shouldn’t EVER just automagically install itself. It should ask the user if they agree to installing this or that bit of code. This won’t stop people who just click “OK” to every dialog box that happens their way, but at least you get one warning.
Now if I can just figure out an easy way to remove macros from Word and Excel documents……..
Just my $0.02 (Canadian, before taxes)
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Is an option to never ask again for certain packages. I hate it when I tell a website no, then five minutes later I have to tell that same site no again.
Excel & Word (2000): Tools => Macro => Security; then set to to atleast Medium. I’ll ask if the macros should be enabled at document open; if you say no, then it’ll still load the macros but you can’t run them (you can however read them and see what they do).
Just don’t click yes on a document you haven’t reviewed before.
Gee Microsoft, it’s not so pleasent when you’re on the ass end of one of these patent suits, is it ?