Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Novell (NOVL) dirt cheap, good buy? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Paul Fiondella who wrote (30267)	2/11/2000 1:46:00 PM
From: Scott C. Lemon	Respond to of 42771

Hello Paul, > So even if the user id is protected Yep ... > the user cannot be protected against him/her self. By downloading > an executable or a bad Active-X component you can get into trouble. ... exactly. If a child accepts candy from strangers ... or get's into a car with a stranger ... all bets are off! > Okay so what this tells me is that the user cannot be educated into > some kind of behavior that thwarts such attacks. Who knows even > what is being downloaded anymore! There are some tools which are pretty good, but people get faked out all the time. I tell friends not to send me any executable files that they get via the net (mail with an attached program that is a .EXE) since there is no way to really know what you got. I will not run them and delete them immediately. All of the little cute programs that people send around for Christmas (Elf Bowling, Whack-a-Gates) etc. could all be trojan horses which are installing software in your computer while you are giggling at the cute graphics ... I liked the book about learning everything that you need to know in Kindergarten ... don't accept things from strangers ... don't put things in your mouth unless you know where they have been ... don't pick up things from the floor of a public restroom ... and if you do, don't pass it to your friends ... They all apply to the computer world also ... ;-) Scott C. Lemon

To: Paul Fiondella who wrote (30267)	2/11/2000 3:02:00 PM
From: Paul Fiondella	Respond to of 42771

Tremors shake Microsoft before Win2000 release Microsoft Corp (MSFT) 100 1/8 -5 7/8 (-5.5%): Cowen attributing weakness in stock to European Community investigation to determine whether company's Windows 2000 operating system breaks EU competition laws. Cowen says views weakness as buying opportunity. ===================== "One in four corporations making the move to Microsoft's Windows 2000 will run into problems getting the operating system to work with existing software and systems, according to an industry research firm." news.cnet.com ========================= "Dell said the Linux operating system, considered an alternative to Microsoft Windows, was gaining momentum, and that there was no rush of corporate customers upgrading hardware systems for Windows 2000. ``We don't see a massive immediate acceleration due to Windows 2000,' said Dell. dailynews.yahoo.com