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The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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> wrote
> on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 04:11:12 +0100
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>> __/ [ Jim ] on Tuesday 01 August 2006 02:59 \__
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> Microsoft ships "Vista Industrial Design Toolkit" to PC manufacturers
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | The toolkit, which is delivered free of charge, contains a whole host
>>>> | of suggestions about how to build a PC that will fit with the look and
>>>> | style of Windows Vista. From color palettes to suggestions about how
>>>> | the power and reset buttons should appear, the kit basically
>>>> | describes Microsoft's vision of what a "Vista PC" should look like.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060731-7391.html
>>>>
>>>> Can they assume Vista won't be immediately wiped?
>>>
>>> it's a bit like teaching Grandma how to suck eggs, isn't it? Why the hell
>>> Microsoft can't just keep their fucking noses out of hardware design and
>>> concentrate on writing a *secure* OS is... aw, fergeddit.
>>
>> ...Because the OS cannot be secured until 60% of Vista's code gets
>> re-written.
>
> OK, dumb question -- how is that 60% figure arrived at? :-)
>
Probably it's the 60% which will need to be done before the remaining
40% can be done to really clean up...
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