On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:52:08 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> No Rush to Adopt Vista
>
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> | "I say Microsoft never intended anybody to run Vista prior to
> January," | he said. "What works on Vista, beyond Office 2007?" he
> asked. "I'm going | to Vista... when my VPN supplier tells me that they
> have drivers that | work, and when my antivirus vendor tells me that
> they have non-beta | versions that work."
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> http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20061228/tc_pcworld/128346
It's ironic that the antivirus vendors were locked out to begin with. Only
very recently have they had the information from Microsoft that they need
to develop effective antivirus software. Now we're facing a situation
where the zero-day exploits and viruses will get faster and more
widespread circulation than the antiviruses.
http://www.betanews.com/article/Allchin_Suggests_Vista_Wont_Need_Antivirus/1163104965
-Jim Allchin claims that Vista won't need an antivirus
http://java.sys-con.com/read/278714.htm -Symantec accuses Microsoft of
withholding APIs required for antivirus development
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2073611,00.asp -Hackers already
selling exploits for Vista
http://www.symantec.com/vista/sav-vista.html -Symantec AntiVirus [for
Vista] available January 3, 2007
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