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Mac-First And Mac-Only (4/17/02)
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Are you feeling a little left out because, as a Mac user, you're simply not affected by the vast majority of gaping Microsoft security holes floating around out there? Yeah, yeah, we know-- it's lonely at the top, "it's not easy being green," yadda yadda yadda. But cheer up, Bucko, because if you've been feeling neglected by Microsoft's Department of Shafting Users Via Security Flaws (just one of many departments within Microsoft's massive Shafting Users Division), you'll be glad to hear that they're finally showing you a little more attention.
This isn't just some chintzy little "serial number glitch can shut down Office" thing, either. As pointed out by faithful viewer Torgo, there's an article over at CNET reporting that there's a "critical security flaw" in several of Microsoft's Mac products that can be exploited by Nasty People to crash your system or "run arbitrary commands." According to the article, "the flaw affects all Office programs, but is only considered a critical issue on Internet Explorer for Mac OS 8, 9, and X, Outlook Express 5.0.2, and Entourage 2001 and v.X." (Say, does that imply that IE is a part of Office? Why, that's just plain silly! Everyone knows that it's an inseparable part of Windows!)
Microsoft has posted a patch (reportedly some three months after the company was informed of the problem), though we imagine that some of you might want to hold off on applying it for a little while-- just to savor the rare instance of suffering from Microsoft security bugs that "don't affect Microsoft's products for Windows PCs." Finally, some security flaws just for us! It's about freakin' time. You know, if Steve Jobs had really been thinking when he put together that technology agreement back in 1997, he would have insisted that Microsoft continue to provide Office and security holes for five years, because nothing makes us Mac users feel more like second class citizens than watching the Windows users get all the good bugs...
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 4/17/02 episode: April 17, 2002: Apple rolls out a beta version of its new "Webmail" interface to Mac.com email accounts. Meanwhile, SuperDrives become available in all Power Macs (even the entry-level one), and Microsoft announces a security hole that's in a slew of Mac products only (sorry, Windows users!)...
Other scenes from that episode: 3692: Out-Hotmailing Hotmail (4/17/02) The minutes to Apple's quarterly analyst conference call are melting away faster than a Popsicle on a Pentium 4, which means that a lot of you are stressing out over the Beat The Analysts contest and whether your prediction of Apple's Q2 results was close enough to bring you glory, riches, and the adoration of millions of screaming fans (not to mention a free t-shirt or a shrinkwrapped copy of System 6.0.7), or so wildly inaccurate that we'll make fun of you publicly and you'll have to move to Nepal and raise goats to escape the constant jeering... 3693: SuperDriving Got Cheaper (4/17/02) SuperDrives for everyone! Wow, it's hard to believe that it was only about fifteen months ago that Apple unleashed its DVD-burning wonder upon an eager world-- and that it was only available in one system, the top-of-the-line $3499 Power Mac...
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