Actually the only reason we have an email disclaimer is for CSIA compliance. We know they have a highly dubious legal standing, but, hey, it's what the auditors require. -- Brandon Aiken CS/IT Systems Engineer -----Original Message----- From: Konrad Neuwirth [mailto:k.neuwirth@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 6:46 AM To: Brandon Aiken Subject: Re: [GENERAL] PgSql on Vista? I find it ironic that this -- to my mind, very on the spot -- comment comes with one of the mostly useless signature that there for ... plausible deniability. :-) Konrad On 3/16/07, Brandon Aiken <BAiken@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > It was clear to me after 20 minutes of actually trying to use the OS that > UAC was a gimmick designed to supply plausible deniability for the fact that > Windows XP suffered so many problems with malware. They can simply ask > "were you using UAC?" every time someone complains that their box got > infected with some rootkit of some sort instead of actually having to secure > their OS intelligently. They know darn well that everyone who uses the OS > will turn it off. The silly thing is the boy-who-cried-wolf and nothing > more. > > Frankly, I like Windows Server 2003's default of not allowing you to execute > any program you got from elsewhere without explicitly unblocking it. It > works just as well, IMX, although the error message you get when you forget > about it is useless. > > B Aiken > > ________________________________ > From: pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Dave > Page > Sent: Thu 3/15/2007 5:24 PM > To: Paul Lambert > Cc: Arkan; pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [GENERAL] PgSql on Vista? > > > > > > Paul Lambert wrote: > > > After install completes you can turn it back on... if you want - > > personally I leave it off, it's an incredibly annoying "feature". > > Doesn't the security center keep popping up to point out that it's > turned off? > > Regards Dave > > ---------------------------(end of > broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq > > > ________________________________ > ** LEGAL DISCLAIMER ** > Statements made in this e-mail may or may not reflect the views and opinions > of Wineman Technology, Inc. or its employees. > > This e-mail message and any attachments may contain legally privileged, > confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended > recipient(s), or the employee or agent responsible for delivery of this > message to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any > dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail message is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately > notify the sender and delete this e-mail message from your computer.
