Microsoft Drops Next-Generation Security Project [updated]

grooveFX points to this CRN article which starts "After a year of tackling the Windows security nightmare, Microsoft has killed its Next-Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB) project and later this year plans to detail a revised security plan for Longhorn, the next major version of Windows, company executives said..." grooveFX writes "Glad to see they actually listen to the gripes from the media and users." Update: 05/05 19:13 GMT by T : phil reed writes "Oops. According to this article on Microsoft Watch, Microsoft really isn't giving up on NGSCB (aka 'Palladium') after all. Microsoft spent much of Day 2 of its Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) here refuting a published report claiming the company has axed its Next Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB) security technology."

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Re:There it goes, again.

[Mr. Darl McBride]

"Every eighteen months, the speed of software halves."
-- Gates' Law

Re:Next goal for Microsoft

[Master of Transhuman]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!

Windows troll alert!

Mod parent "Windows Troll"!

This joker can't possibly imagine anyone here is going to accept this crap as even remotely approaching reality.

Mod my post trollbait! Are you nuts? Come at me!

no such thing as closed source "news"

[twitter]

All the MSDN blogs were laughing about the reporting on this. And the Slashdot hivemind--that means all you people out there who build your computing mindset based entirely out of Slashdot articles--proves itself ignorant and foolish-looking once again. The rational of us know better.

True, rational people don't listen to liars. Slashdot, CNN, your silly MSDN blogs only know what M$ tells them. Those who report it only look foolish to those who don't consider the ultimate source and how dishonest they have always been.

No one but M$ knows what their next release will be. Looking back, we can see that we should not listen to what M$ tells us it will be. Has Microsoft provided the level of system integration KDE provides yet? Has Microsoft built a "secure" system yet? It's supposed to be their most important project, but all is the same. Microsoft does not live up to their hype because they are too busy sabotaging their "competitors". The outrageous stream of troll posts right here are just another example of dishonesty and wasted resources.

The only thing you can be sure of is that M$ will continue to suck. They will continue to drive out and co-opt profitable third party development. They will continue restricting their user's behavior and choices.