In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 09:09:53 +0100
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> __/ [ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Thursday 27 July 2006 09:08 \__
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>> Quote:
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>> After an in-depth analysis of the new security measures introduced by
>> Microsoft under the name Kernel Patch Protection, Agnitum has announced
>> that this attempt to improve security instead is a possible move to
>> preclude or block the use of third-party security software in Windows.
>> Agnitum also believes that it will bring more difficulties to
>> third-party security software vendors than to hackers.
>> ----------
>> End quote
>>
>> http://www.securitypark.co.uk/article.asp?articleid=25636&CategoryID=1
>
> Extend your /own/ platform to extinguish? It sure looks like it... Windows
> becomes a moving target and, with closed source development, competitors
> will have a hard time catching up (reverse-engineering the changes).
Windows has always *been* a moving target. Recall, for instance:
- RDO -> ADO -> ActiveX, and there was DDE and OLE at one point too;
I have an old Borland Compiler that used it.
- Win3.1 -> Win95 -> WinXP, and WinNT -> Win2k -> WinXP, with
little changes hither and yon, some of which one can see,
many of which sneak up on the developer. The one I can see
is WinInet->WinHTTP.
Linux is also a moving target, although it's not nearly as
relevant because the moving parts are underneath a well-specified
simple facade: fork(), open(), etc. This facade is encased in
granite, for the most part -- there's no real reason to change it.
X's interface is similarly immovable, though both provide for
extensions.
Both are hybrid systems, and it's clear which one has fewer problems.
:-)
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