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Monad Shell Removed From Vista

Posted by Zonk on from the easy-come-easy-go dept.

hggs writes "According to Stephen Toulouse at Microsoft, because of the possible virus threat that targets Monad the shell will not be included in Windows Vista. CNet is reporting that, even though Monad is not to be included on Vista, it will be included on a major server operating system for servers from Microsoft. Codenamed Longhorn server, that edition is due out by 2007." Update: 08/06 04:45 GMT by Z : As Mr. Toulouse states here, the submission here adds one and one and gets three. Monad hasn't been in Vista for about two months. The CNet article is clarifying a previous report stating that Monad could potentially be the first source of viruses in an OS which incorporated it. The interesting news about Monad in the server edition was obscured by the factually incorrect submission, which at first blush seemed to make sense. Mea Culpa.

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  1. Idea by sneakers563 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You could build a pretty good operating system from all the stuff that's been pulled out out Vista. Maybe Microsoft could take all that extra stuff and come out with a "Platinum" version of Vista; call it "Longhorn" or something.

    1. Re:Idea by mrchaotica · · Score: 5, Funny

      No, I think they'll call it "Blackcomb" and release it sometime between 2013 and 2020.

      It'd be funny, if only I were joking.

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  2. We get the point... by ItsJustLilOldMe · · Score: 5, Funny
    "it will be included on a major server operating system for servers

    Welcome to the department of redundancy department...

  3. Just what we needed by thirty2bit · · Score: 5, Funny

    Quick - somebody find vulnerabilities in the WPA and DRM modules. Bonus if you find buffer overflows in the "make Windows unstable" DLLs.

  4. An announcement from Fedora by ChiralSoftware · · Score: 4, Funny
    "/bin/sh has been associated with security problems in the Unix world since the early 70s. Most Unix/Linux security situations arise when an unauthorized user gets access to the /bin/sh process. Fedora Core 5, due out in October, will not include this dangerous executable. Instead users will control the system through the advanced Gnome windowing system and will be able to develop object-oriented network-transparent applications in the MONO framework."

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  5. 10 great windows vista features by gullevek · · Score: 4, Funny

    walked around the park.
    One was WinFS and fell into a hole.

    9 little windows Vista features walked around the park. The new shell slipped and fell into the pool and drowned.

    8 little windows vista features walked around the park. DRM bully came and whacked them all dead.

    No new Windows Vista features were left alive, so Microsoft put some new colors in and everybody bought it.

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  6. Re:FP by Nuclear+Elephant · · Score: 5, Funny

    So that leaves Vista with the following features I guess:

    - Slick 'Vista' wallpaper
    - DRM to protect the wallpaper

    Rock on!

  7. Re:Oh hush up! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wish you and your rational-thinking ilk would get the hell off slashdot. You're ruining all our M$ bashing and hot-buttoned emotionalism!

    I think I speak for the majority of slashdot when I say we are here to be told what to think, not to think for ourselves.

  8. Re:Slide more and more... by sharkey · · Score: 5, Funny
    A world where Microsoft might actually not suck.

    Ahhh, a world where Microsoft makes vacuum cleaners.

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