__/ [ William Poaster ] on Tuesday 25 July 2006 23:37 \__
> It was on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 23:07:08 +0100, that Mark Kent wrote:
>
>> begin oe_protect.scr
>> Stuart Krivis <jd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> On 25 Jul 2006 08:54:44 -0700, "nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
>>><nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>>A lot will be riding on whether security is improved in Vista. I don't
>>>>know what the outcome will be, I assume some basic competence in fixing
>>>>some security problems, but when the article says things like:
>>>>
>>>>Quote:
>>>>------------
>>>>"The triviality of this privilege escalation...foreshadows the grave
>>>>difficulty that the Windows Vista security model will have enforcing
>>>>the separation between low and medium integrity level under the same
>>>>user account," Conover wrote.
>>>>------------
>>>>End quote
>>>>
>>>>it makes me think that there will be plenty of security problems in
>>>>Vista, too. If so, it won't be good for Vista adoption---security will
>>>>be one of the main draws.
>>>
>>> Nah, it will be just like all MS products where they promise a lot and
>>> never deliver. So they'll tell people the security is just peachy now,
>>> and Windows is sold by pre-loads anyway, so the average user will just
>>> get stuck with it.
>>>
>>> One improvement you can almost count on though is that product
>>> actviation, WGA, and DRM will be even more restrictive and intrusive.
>>>
>>>:-)
>>>
>>
>> You know, I don't think this is going to fly any more. I think that XP
>> was Microsoft's last chance to get it /wrong/, Vista really needed to be
>> right, but the public at large probably do not comprehend what an
>> enormous task it would be to fix Windows. I'd rather pilot the Titanic,
>> I think...
>
> Talking about fixing windows, I just came across this! <grin>
> http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20060725
*LOL* I saw that too. I began syndicating these cartoons
last month. Have a load of /this/:
http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20060720
Change "monitor resolution" to "Microsoft Windows" or
"Internet Explorer". Then, have a look at the controversy
that surrounds Microsoft's new site design. Microsoft have
recently dragged partners (e.g. MTV/Urge) into that same
train. Make it hard for users to use alternatives and maybe
they will give up.
This reminds me of my attempt to convert a friend to Firefox
some time ago. I left him there working happily with Firefox
(Brushed themed) and later he returned and said that some
CNN feature did not work. "It's better to have half a loaf
then no loaf at all", he told me and then returned to using
Internet Explorer. Microsoft plays a dangerous games as it
patronises Web standards and spreads its own 'cancer',
deliberately.
Best wishes,
Roy
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