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To: The Philosopher who wrote (21869)	8/18/2001 12:05:39 AM
From: FJB	of 110653

But you can't expect the ordinary user to keep up on all the security patches. If you make a home operating system that has security holes, that's a far more serious thing. IMO, of course. But XP is intended for home users. So if MS is going to build into it a mechanism for a remote computer to take over the home computer, they had damn well better make sure it is absolutely, 100% secure. Otherwise, there will be major league chaos. Win2K and WinXP have something called critical updates. A little message box pops up and tells you that a critical patch is available for your system. If you choose to ignore it, then I think you are not acting responsibly for your own sake. Code Red did require a server administrator to have knowledge of the problem and take 1 minute to download and install the patch. Bob

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