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WinXP SP2 Sacrifices Compatibility for Security
goldragon writes "TechRepublic is reporting that "Microsoft is pulling out all the stops to improve security. So much so, in fact, that it will cause many problems because SP2 will de-emphasize backward compatibility with legacy systems and code for the sake of security." One small step forward for Microsoft, one giant leap backwards for mankind?"
Better than having yet more spam zombies and pwned newbies.
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Why should Microsoft bare the burden of making sure other people's code works? It's not like MS isn't helping them by getting SDKs, DDKs, and APIs out there as fast as they are available.
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I couldn't agree more.
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Dont get me wrong, I think M$ should completly overhall there security. However, is a service pack the correct time to do this. If M$ breaks programs people need they may not upgrade and that could cause even more security problems. Maybe such a change should wait for the next release of windows(oh, say 2015 or so).
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and damned if they don't.
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No backwards compatibility, more migration towards us.
Thats the ballmer way of bussiness
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