Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Windows Vista - not so clear afterall
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> | Yankee Group has said "quite a bit of work" remains to be done to the
> | Windows Vista interface, judging by the currently available beta, and
> | advised customers to wait for up to year after the operating system
> | ships before using Windows Vista.
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> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/09/windows_vista_clarity/
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> Also mentioned in eWeek.com:
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> | In a research report published May 8, analysts at Boston-based Yankee
> | Group said that Microsoft's latest attempt to better secure its dominantO
> | S is significantly off the mark. Based on feedback garnered by the
> | experts from a wide range of software developers already testing
> | preview versions of Vista, Yankee Group said that the intrusive nature
> | of the security features could turn off IT administrators and users alike.
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> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1958355,00.asp
Vista user types in a potentially dangerous command.
VISTA: Are you sure you wanna do that?
USER: Yes
VISTA: Really truly sure?
USER: Yes goddammit!!
VISTA: You got 2 items of photo ID and a thumb print?
[sound of broken glass as Vista box gets to street level the messy way]
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Linux user types in a potentially dangerous command.
LINUX: Only root can do that.
USER: Ooops! [Types it in again, prefixed with sudo]
LINUX: Password?
USER types in pw.
LINUX does what the fuck it's told.
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