On Friday 26 April 2002 21:53 pm, you wrote:
On Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 10:26:53PM -0400, Paul W. Abrahams wrote:
Although Steve is no fan of Microsoft, he inexplicably wrote Spinrite so it only checks Windows partitions. For Windows partitions it does a marvelous job, verifying the low-level formatting and rewriting tracks so as to refresh them. I wrote to him once suggesting that Spinrite really ought to operate on drives, not partitions, but never heard back.
I guess that even the good guys sometimes get things wrong.
What makes you think he is not a fan of Microsoft? Every program I've ever seen from him is targeted only at Microsoft platforms. His web site gives me the impression that he thinks there is no such thing as computing if it's not done on a Microsoft OS.
He did complain about the raw sockets in the XP network stack before it was released, but that doesn't really change anything.
Best Regards, Keith
Not true at all. On one of the webpages, he goes into some detail about why he uses M$ stuff and why he makes the programs for M$ stuff...because most people who actually *need* his kind of security help, *use* M$ crap. His server runs on Unix (IIRR, he said he liked Unix better than Linux, but I can't remember the exact reason(s)), but that's all he has to do with *nix. He'd love to switch over completely to *nix, but because of the kind of person he is, he wants to help those who really need the help...people who use M$. Naturally, this isn't word for word what Steve says, but it's the gist of it. John -- M$: What can we do to frustrate and aggravate you today?