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2 years ago

in Vista’s Security Hobbled By Microsoft’s Own Insecure Past on dmiessler.com | grep understanding
If Vista was not today available, would anyone care? When Vista's release was delayed, did anyone care?

Vista solves no compelling user needs that can't be, indeed are being, solved by other third-party products. On the other hand, Vista creates many new user problems, including shifting control of the computer from the user to Redmond.

One way to consider the problem is to imagine that Microsoft was a Japanese or German company. If it was, do you think that business would allow it to assume such profound control over a given company's data and desktops? No, there'd be an outcry for protective legislation.

But Microsoft has enormous lobbying power and so today continues to get away with operating as an entirely self-serving monopoly that only grudgingly responds to customer needs.

2 years ago

in Vista’s Security Hobbled By Microsoft’s Own Insecure Past on danielmiessler.com | grep understanding
If Vista was not today available, would anyone care? When Vista's release was delayed, did anyone care?

Vista solves no compelling user needs that can't be, indeed are being, solved by other third-party products. On the other hand, Vista creates many new user problems, including shifting control of the computer from the user to Redmond.

One way to consider the problem is to imagine that Microsoft was a Japanese or German company. If it was, do you think that business would allow it to assume such profound control over a given company's data and desktops? No, there'd be an outcry for protective legislation.

But Microsoft has enormous lobbying power and so today continues to get away with operating as an entirely self-serving monopoly that only grudgingly responds to customer needs.
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