On Wed, 2005-03-09 at 08:02 -0500, Mark Haney wrote: > On Tue, 2005-03-08 at 14:49 -0700, Robin Laing wrote: > > Mark Haney wrote: > > > On Tue, 2005-03-08 at 13:11 -0700, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I have seen this problem on several SP2 boxes recently. In every case > > > killing the firewall has fixed it. Personally, SP2 _causes_ more > > > problems than it allegedly fixes IMHO. I am dreading the day it will be > > > a mandatory install for my clients. > > > > > > > > > > Maybe that will be the day that you can get them to change to Linux. :) > > > > There are so many applications that were broken with SP2 that even > > Microsoft delayed the commercial push. Now that day is coming to an > > end. I hope it is the day that many corporations see the light and > > find the word. And the word is Linux. > > > > I hear enough screams from the Windows users on a daily basis that I > > hope the day that SP2 gets pushed to all machines, is the day that > > allus Linux users come to the rescue. > > I think SP2 is the straw that will break the camel's back. I know > several of our clients are leaning toward using linux more and more. > The area I live in (Western NC) has been hit hard because of the economy > and I hear more and more of my customers complaining about the cost of > using Windows. The best part is I'm the only linux guy in my company. > Maybe I can 'preach the gospel' and convert a few people here. ---- SP2 firewall was kind of necessary addition - but of course there are lots of users that can't configure it. It's not very hard to configure at all. Craig
