This is not the greatest tagline in the world… this is just a tribute.
A site called openwares.org has released a patch that fixes the bug in IE that allows someone to spoof an address. It is a sad day when an open source group has to write patches for Microsoft software. Maybe next they can fix some of those lingering html and css bugs….
(I am trying to make up for Scoble not being negative enough)
UPDATE: Slashdot points out that the patch contains a buffer overflow, how ironic.
-James
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Classic.
This is a great example of why developers should never just quickly patch something.
It reminds me of a great story when I was programming in MIL-STD 1750A assembly language for the F-16C/D fighter avionics system. We had to improve the accuracy of the air-to-ground algorithm, and one general got up and said that he could program his TRS-80 in Basic, so why was it taking so long (this was back in 1984). You can just imagine a buffer overflow like this ending up releasing the weapon so early/late that it hits a civilian target.
Yes, MS should patch bugs quickly, but not at the expense of introducing other bugs in the product. These guys have lost any spec of respectability in my eyes.
openwares = opensource???
these guys are spyware peddlars. they publish free and open source software with spyware. DO NOT DOWNLOAD FROM THEM
we’re having tons of trouble with them
look at methlabs.org/howtotell
openwares.org are known to release spywared versions of a lot of stuff.
i am admin at methlabs.org , and recently we found out
that they have put a spywared version of PeerGuardian
on download.com and a lot of other places.
please see methlabs.org/howtotell for more info.
you can find mentions of this on
UniteTheCows.com
Zeropaid.com
shareaza forums
and lots of other places.
Openwares.org are fakers!
They dont deserve a single further page hit.
please spread the word.
openwares is an insult to computer programmers the net over!!! evil money hungry corporations!
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