My original post was cut off before the end I believe. I was focusing on two things:

1) There is the castigation of MS and security deficient code when such code is prevelant throughout ALL OS's. I challenge ANYONE to point to bullet-proof code. If any one of the flavors of Linux, Unix, NetWare, Windows, or any other OS was bullet-proof there would be no need for security concerns or patches to resolve issues. We would go to that one and close down this site.

2) The issue of recourse is important. I want someone up front accountable, someone who's bottom line is customer service, not a voluteer hacking away in a basement. I am not taking about suing, I am talking about accountability. There is no guaranttee that a teenager in Croatia is going to have any time or ability to help you code a fix...I am speaking of accountability and recourse.

All the responses illustrate my point. There is such venmous hatred of the corporate organization called Microsoft that the defic

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