Abandoning the Vista Ship
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| As Dan Geer has been saying for years, Microsoft has a bit of a
| problem. Either it stonewalls and pretends there is no security
| problem, which is what Vista does, by taking over your computer
| to force patches (and DRM) down its throat. Or you actually
| change the basic design and produce a secure operating system,
| which risks people wondering why they're sticking with Windows
| and Microsoft, then? It turns out the former course may also
| result in the latter result:
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| If you fit Microsoft's somewhat convoluted definition of poor, it still
| wants to lock you in, you might get rich enough to afford the
| full-priced stuff someday. It is at a dangerous crossroads, if its
| software bumps
| up the price of a computer by 100 per cent, people might look to
| alternatives.
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| That means no MeII DRM infection lock in, no mass migration to the
| newer Office obfuscated and patented file formats, and worse yet,
| people might
| utter the W word. Yes, you guessed it, 'why'. People might ask why they
| are sticking with the MS lock in, and at that point, it is in deep
| trouble.
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| Monopolies eventually overreach themselves and die. Maybe it's finally
| Microsoft's time to die. That would decrease the risk to the rest of us.
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http://riskman.typepad.com/perilocity/2007/04/abandoning_the_.html
Dan Geer lost his job for criticising Windows' security.
[H]omer, they steal your word ("ME II"), again.
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