Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Mark Williams ?

Hi Mike

I'm sure you are aware that my comments were ment as
a joke,I was trying to put some humor into all the frustration
flying around with all these little wormies :-)

> It is more a clown who thinks every vendor in the community was not also
> trying to accomplish the same thing - a universal scripting language
> across all applications. Very very very useful. How many different and
> incompatible scripting languages are on *nix and other platforms?
> Microsoft simply was the first to accomplish what everyone was trying to
> do.

I thought it was Sun and that Java flop...
a universal scripting language may be useful ,up to a point
but when it is not properly sand-boxed it quickly becomes
a Very very very big liability

> No one expected the community's members to produce such destructive
> viruses, and no expected the way in which a great idea would be used to
> cause harm.

now then, how could the programmers design a system that-
logs in with root privlages by default
has integrated email clients that allow scripts to be executed
without the users permission
ships with no firewall mechanism in place
deliberatly blurrs the line between code and data
and makes the whole system open to any running script
thru an eaisly accessible registry file
-and then NOT EXPECT someone to write destructive viruses
that target that system?

> Reminds me of another recent unexpected event, perhaps the
> airline industry is also a clown for making airplanes? And the gun
> industry - look at all the deaths they caused. My bet is a lot of us do
> not believe that one bit, and we should not blame Microsoft in the same
> way.

I only blame MS for the problems MS has made themselves open to.
as part of my job I have made some of the parts used in
aircraft ,firearms and various military weapons systems
yes I DO expect them to be used to kill people,
and I have done my best to make sure that none of those
parts will fail due to poor workmanship when they ARE used
I expect nothing less from the software that I use

Brian