__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Tuesday 13 February 2007 18:08 \__
>
http://news.com.com/Symantec+CEO+says+no+Vista+for+me/2008-1009_3-6158821.html?tag=nefd.lede
>
> Coming off a good quarter for Symantec's consumer businesses, CEO
> John Thompson warns against viewing Windows Vista as a solution to
> security woes.
>
> [...]
>
> Q: Have you installed Vista?
> Thompson: No, I have not. I see no need for it for
> what I do online today. The machine that I use is the
> one provided by our company, and we have not made a
> commitment to migrate to Vista and therefore there is
> no reason for me to use Vista.
>
> Q: Microsoft says you have to buy Vista because it
> makes you much safer online than XP, or any of its
> previous operating systems. Do you believe that?
> Thompson: Consumers should not be confused. Vista is
> not a security solution. Vista is an operating system,
> and Vista provides some very important advances from
> Microsoft's perspective and for the industry's point
> of view on building a more stable, more reliable, more
> secure operating platform, but people still need the
> efficacy that comes with the products that Symantec
> and others in the industry build, and so we should not
> be confused by the marketing rhetoric with what Vista
> is. It's a hopefully much better product than XP or any
> of its predecessors, but it's not a security solution.
The same guy also slammed Windows, from which he makes a living. He advised
people not to use Windows.
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