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Offline Clive

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MS spins IE security disaster into Windows 7 upgrade opportunity
« on: January 19, 2010, 17:50 »
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Microsoft is doing its best to deflect from the software vendor’s ugly, fat security hole in Internet Explorer 6, by telling customers to not only upgrade their browser for the latest version of IE, but also to ditch Windows XP while they’re at it.

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Re: MS spins IE security disaster into Windows 7 upgrade opportunity
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2010, 18:22 »
And thus increase profits...
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Re: MS spins IE security disaster into Windows 7 upgrade opportunity
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2010, 18:53 »
Do you think they thought of that, Rik?   :dunno: :o:
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Re: MS spins IE security disaster into Windows 7 upgrade opportunity
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2010, 19:12 »
Of course not Simon!  What a dreadful thing to say.   >:(
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Re: MS spins IE security disaster into Windows 7 upgrade opportunity
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2010, 19:17 »
 o:)
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Re: MS spins IE security disaster into Windows 7 upgrade opportunity
« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2010, 23:36 »
well, good for them... eh?
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Re: MS spins IE security disaster into Windows 7 upgrade opportunity
« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2010, 09:44 »
No. ;)
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