"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:2701086.EdIeJjzs1O@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I still abide by my belief that touting security as a 'feature' in Vista
is
plain wrong. If the previous product is broken, it must be fixed. Urging
the
customer to but newer products (with the hardware 'side effect') is
unacceptable.
I never challenged this particular belief. The belief I am challenging
is that Vista contains no features other than a new icon set. I hope you
realize that it is factually false that Vista brings nothing more than a new
icon set.
Some of the features in Vista should have been provided in the
form of a Service Pack to XP. Back in 2005, Microsoft promised it would
deliver SP3 for XP. Ironically, they did so with a rename and a price tag.
This too is false. XP SP3 is still being planned for release, and it is
a distinct product from Vista. 10 seconds of googling brings up
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycle/servicepacks.mspx
PS - Vista will /still/ not be secure. The 'code spaghetti' makes this
inevitable.
Again, this is not a claim I am challenging yet[*], so I don't know why
you feel the need to defend that claim when replying to me.
- Oliver
[*]: I say "yet" because once Vista is released, it might turn out that this
claim is false, in which case I will challenge it if I see you make it
again. Of course, if the claim turns out to be true, I won't be challenging
it.
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