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Windows vs Mac Security
sdhorne writes "There is a good technical discussion over at InfoWorld on the merits of launchd and what is lacking in a comparable Windows secure solution. It is a throw back to the UNIX vs Windows security discussion that has been hashed out for many years." From the article: "it always traces back to Microsoft's untenable policy of maintaining gaps in Windows security to avoid competing with 3rd party vendors and certified partners. Apple's taking a different approach: What users need is in the box: Anti-virus, anti-spam, encryption, image backup and restore, offsite safe storage through .Mac, and launchd. Pretty soon any debate with Microsoft over security can be ended in one round when Apple stands up, says 'launchd', and sits back down."
whereas Windows is an animal which continues to be re-invented
I'm not sure that 're-invented' is how I'd describe windows, or their efforts at security.
"We are all geniuses when we dream"
- E.M. Cioran
Actually, they're damned if they do something else entirely too.
They're just damned.
Damned Microsoft.
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Some of the criticisms in the article are perfectly valid, but many of them are (supposedly) going to be fixed in Windows 95 (whenever that gets out..) Is that out yet?
Some of the criticisms in the article are perfectly valid, but many of them are (supposedly) going to be fixed in Windows 98 (whenever that gets out..) Is that out yet?
Some of the criticisms in the article are perfectly valid, but many of them are (supposedly) going to be fixed in Windows 2000 (whenever that gets out..) Is that out yet?
Some of the criticisms in the article are perfectly valid, but many of them are (supposedly) going to be fixed in Windows ME (whenever that gets out..) Is that out yet?
Some of the criticisms in the article are perfectly valid, but many of them are (supposedly) going to be fixed in Windows XP (whenever that gets out..) Is that out yet?
Sorry to be redundant, have you heard this joke before already?
I only look human.
My mother is a halfling and my dad is an ogre, so that makes me an Ogreling
I'm just wondering if anyone has ever built a firewall device from a Windows box.
Please shut up right now before you give some braindead manager an idea. We have a projector some creep built on Windows and we can't even keep it from crashing all the time. Do you know how much of an idiot you look like when you're giving a presentation and your projector crashes, you have to pull the plug and listen to the Windows start-up chime? Its like telling people your monitor crashed. They look at you like your brains just dribbled out of your ears.
"whereas Windows is an animal which continues to be re-invented, like a leopard changing its spots to stripes, then plaid"
I think you are confused. Leopard, Tiger, and Jaguar are all Mac operating systems...
"But this one goes to 11!"