Dana wrote:

On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 23:23:51 +0000, Peter Jensen wrote:


IMHO, not fixing such a trivial bug for so extremely long is nothing
short of showing contempt for their customers.

This bug, in connection with another bug that has since been fixed,
actually allowed any properly formatted Usenet message to crash OE when
you clicked on it. It's therefore not as harmless as it might seem at
first glance.

Ok, ic, but still what is the purpose of exploiting some bug in software
on purpose? What useful purpose does it serve?
These are discussion groups and I was under the impression the basic
concept was to discuss things, not screw up other persons news programs?
I have never seen this type of thing before so I am ignorant.
Is this a Linux thing, IOW some way for Linux users to exploit Windows
software?
The entire thing seems very silly to me.


There is nothing wrong with what they are doing. The format should not cause
any problems what so ever with ANYONE. We have a number of wintrolls in
this group claiming how great windows is. But how can they claim that
windows is so great when such a simple, silly, stupid bug goes unfixed for
YEARS? It is just an easy way of reminding the wintrolls what crappy bug
fix support they get from MS.

Ralph writes:

Dana wrote:

On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 23:23:51 +0000, Peter Jensen wrote:


IMHO, not fixing such a trivial bug for so extremely long is nothing
short of showing contempt for their customers.

This bug, in connection with another bug that has since been fixed,
actually allowed any properly formatted Usenet message to crash OE when
you clicked on it. It's therefore not as harmless as it might seem at
first glance.

Ok, ic, but still what is the purpose of exploiting some bug in software
on purpose? What useful purpose does it serve?
These are discussion groups and I was under the impression the basic
concept was to discuss things, not screw up other persons news programs?
I have never seen this type of thing before so I am ignorant.
Is this a Linux thing, IOW some way for Linux users to exploit Windows
software?
The entire thing seems very silly to me.


There is nothing wrong with what they are doing. The format should not cause
any problems what so ever with ANYONE. We have a number of wintrolls in

However those doing it know that it DOES cause problems. In fact the
reason they do it is precisely because they know it does cause problems.

That is childish behaviour, which does not harm the cause of the bug,
namely MS, in any way. It harms both the receiver of the message and the
relationship between the sender and the receiver. It is like some kid,
knowing his sister is afraid of spiders, constantly giving her spiders.
What would your reaction be to a grown up doing that?

this group claiming how great windows is. But how can they claim that
windows is so great when such a simple, silly, stupid bug goes unfixed for
YEARS? It is just an easy way of reminding the wintrolls what crappy bug
fix support they get from MS.

Ralph wrote:

There is nothing wrong with what they are doing. The format should not cause
any problems what so ever with ANYONE. We have a number of wintrolls in
this group claiming how great windows is. But how can they claim that
windows is so great when such a simple, silly, stupid bug goes unfixed for
YEARS? It is just an easy way of reminding the wintrolls what crappy bug
fix support they get from MS.

You are _really_ missing the point. Damned few of us,
especially those who have suffered with its incredibly slow
evolution, claim that there is anything particularly great
about Win other than that its current usability for those
who don't give a rats ass about operating systems, and that
is unarguably superior to Linux.

The real point in the audio groups is that there is a
plethora of applications, some mission critical, and
application helpers for the Win platform which Linux will
never even _begin_ to approach other than via emulation
should that ever mature to be complete (yes, drivers too)
and adequately performing.

Showing that there is one application (Ardour) and one
helper (Jack) that can compete with good Win apps is not
enough to win anyone's heart who is about music production
rather than experimental systems.


Bob
--

"Things should be described as simply as possible, but no
simpler."

A. Einstein