[isapros] Re: Drive-by pharming
- From: Jim Harrison <Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:39:19 -0800
I win!
I had an internal bet that it wouldn't be 48 hours before someone found a way
to blame MS for this problem.
I'm just saddened to say that it was Amy who won me the bet.
MS has built-in expectations in this case based on what the users ask for.
The thing you have to remember is that there are oodles and gobs of product
designers who depend on the "marketing data" to design features and in the SMB
space, no one is more vocal than the wizard-challenged. It's these folks who
spend $1.298 on their "firewall" because it supports UPnP (and it still burns).
Jim
-----Original Message-----
From: isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Amy Babinchak
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 4:02 PM
To: isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [isapros] Re: Drive-by pharming
Is there anyone who didn't think that UPNP and whatever Microsoft is calling
the new router config protocol was a bad idea? The worst part is that it's
probably here to stay. Microsoft has built-in an expectation that routers are
going to be configurable into SBS, HOME and EBS and has wizards there to
configure them. So you don't even have to write your own code. Just alter the
data that the server sends.
Amy
From: isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Jim Harrison
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 1:12 AM
To: isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [isapros] Drive-by pharming
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/012208-drive-by-pharming.html
Ain't that the kewlest thing yet...
Jim
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