Vorlin you the man , Microsoft is not a horrible product although its not the coupdegras the idea of windows does not suck its the release timing i believe if old billy would wait a while and actually do some serious wind tunnel type tests on his products they would be excellent. i have some problems with people debating Unix vs XP VS Mac os vs Netware. They all have weaknesses and strengths .Now as for firewalls ok i admit
Watch Gaurd is not for a large business but i know of several prominent clothing companys who have never been cracked are using it . Check point does not suck it does have alot of holes to be exploited but Marcus Ranum stated a firewall is only as good as its Admin most of the holes found are because Checkpoint can be severly scrutinized since it is very common,plus there are specific configurations to follow that Admins just dont Adhere to . Let me not go off on Checkpoint or Pix for that matter If Microsoft waited to release XP an extra Year say 2003 I believe it would have been the best os they have made .Do not misquote me not the best os in the world just the best Microsoft has made but i think thats a long way off .About firewalls they are not the end all solution if they were alot of us would work at factories.



PS i enjoyed all of your imput and i look foward to more comments.




EviL