Re: another day, another patch ...

In article <57n70qF2dcs9eU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
bill@xxxxxxxxxxx (Bill Gunshannon) wrote:

The only difference is the default. The responsibility for proper use
is and always has been totally onthe shoulders of the programmer.

I'm going to argue here that the defaults should be questioned.

As those here with CHARON-VAX experience occasionally tell us, one of
the big problems with Windows is that so many services are enabled by
default.

--
Paul Sture
.

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