"Jim" wrote in message
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On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 23:38:51 GMT, "-=jd=-"
wrote:


I have no worries. My stuff *stays* protected. I am rather surprised that
these major news outlets didn't learn their lesson waaaaaaaay back when
the
"I Love You" bomb was loosed. In this day and age, if you don't
adequately
control what goes through your firewall in either direction, you're just
being irresponsible...

Not to mention - why are they still running 2000? They should be on
XP SP2 by now.

Jim

Its probably their Win2000 servers being hit. I would hope their desktops
are XP. Win2000 went out of mainline support in June.

More info:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,165955,00.html

"Jim" wrote in message
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On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 23:38:51 GMT, "-=jd=-"

wrote:


I have no worries. My stuff *stays* protected. I am rather
surprised that
these major news outlets didn't learn their lesson waaaaaaaay back
when the
"I Love You" bomb was loosed. In this day and age, if you don't
adequately
control what goes through your firewall in either direction, you're
just
being irresponsible...

Not to mention - why are they still running 2000? They should be
on
XP SP2 by now.

Odds are great that money is the issue.

--Mike L.

Michael Lawson wrote:

Odds are great that money is the issue.


It is certainly one issue. then you have the interruptions of
replacing equipment, retraining and not knowing if the new software is
as stable as what you are already running. Some businesses stuck with
Win 95, till they had no choice because they had too many computers
dying of old age. They buy a site license for their OS, and its a lot
easier to keep everyone happy if all the computers appear to be the
same.

--
Link to my "Computers for disabled Veterans" project website deleted
after threats were telephoned to my church.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

It doesn't cost all that much money to upgrade.My Velocity Micro tower
computer came with Windows Home Edition and the guys at
www.velocitymicro.com professionly tweaked it so that it works
better.I am fixin to head on over to the Goodwill store now and then
head on over to the foodstore because I forget to buy a jar of BAMA
mayonaise the last time I was at the foodstore,I usually do forget
something.
cuhulin

On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:55:31 GMT, "-=jd=-"
wrote:


Nothing jacks into our network unless it is our hardware and it strictly
adheres to an approved configuration. That means, not only is the network
protected, each individual machine is protected. In any event, it matters
not whether it's m$oft, *nix or OS# -- know what needs to be done, and then
*do* it. We haven't had any problems, but then again, ours probably ranks
among the most hardened networks...

-=jd=-
Stop. You're getting me all hot.

"Jim" wrote in message
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On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 12:57:20 -0400, "Michael Lawson"
wrote:

Not to mention - why are they still running 2000? They should
be
on
XP SP2 by now.

Odds are great that money is the issue.

Odds are greater that incompetence is the issue.

Never assign to incompetence that you can't also
assign to regulations. I've seen in the past some
really outdated software still hang around because
of governmental regulations requiring the data that
the software provides be accessable for XX number
of years. Of course, the outdated software runs
on outdated hardware, so the outdated hardware
loiters around forever.

--Mike L.