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Looking Back At Windows Security In 2003
thebatlab writes "Help Net Security has an interesting look at security in Windows during 2003, with various blurbs from related parties at Microsoft as well as security 'bigwigs' such as Russ Cooper. It's interesting to read the comments from external parties, as they tend to be very reasoned comments and don't simply attack away over recent 'indiscretions' and 'security lapses' Microsoft has had over the year."
if you linux fanboys would stop and think a second then you would realize that the reasons why people still use windows is because:
1. Windows is a TON more user friendly
2. More software and more professional looking software
3. everyone else still uses windows so it is perfect to keep everything compatible.
4. GAMES
5. 1 group makes windows not 300 like linux
6. backing of hardware/software companies
7. can come preloaded on machines when purchaced
(dont give me that lindows bullshit, its horrible)
8. 1 desktop enviroment not 2 major (KDE,Gnome) and about 5 little ones
9. software can be installed with a few clicks
10.granny cant compile
Untill all of this chages you and I will be left in the dark
Its just like that stupid segway machine, they said it would change everything and it might but it still looks stupid being the only one who has one...
and eveyone must admit, Microsoft has done SOME good, and computing would be far behind without them. (i.e: we wouldent have to get new processors every os version to cope with bloat) truth is they push hardware and software, for the better, of course if the linux community could come together and do some damn work then it would far surpass any thing windows is...
I buy a packaged consumer product and install it on my computer.
Why should I be expected to know there is such a thing as a firewall and that I should install it?
To put it simply, that's unrealistic. Sure, geeks should know better, but the general public shouldn't have to.
I buy a packaged consumer product and install it on my computer.
Whenever I try to do anything it spouts gibberish at me, like "access denied", "consult your systems adminstrator", "you don't have permission to do that", "consider enabling UDP port 1234 outbound on interface zzzz", "you need to urgle the flombat", "system error 5".
Why should I be epxected to understand all this gibberish? It's my computer, I bought it, I paid for it, it's mine, it has no business telling me I'm not allowed to do things. I want to install it and just have it work without my having to learn whether any of this technobabble actually means anything.
To put it simply, that's unrealistic. Sure, geeks can cope with all this stuff, but the general public shouldn't have to.