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Windows Monoculture Myopia Revisited

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the laughing-all-the-way-to-the-bank dept.

round stic writes "eWeek magazine has an interesting look at the effects of the Windows monoculture on IT budgets, even as everyone agrees on the severity of the inherent security risks. The article contains interviews with Dan Geer and others who warned about the risks of the Windows monopoly three years ago. The article coincides with a piece in the Observer that suggests Vista is the end of the Microsoft monolith because of how complex the operating system has become."

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  1. Re:Please read the Observer article before comment by Bobby+Orr · · Score: 5, Informative
    TFA is a rant. A sentence like "The Vista saga has two interesting lessons for the computer business." would lead you to believe the author intends to take an objective look at some sort of a case study. However, pay attention to other verbiage within TFA. This is not an objective, fair, reasoned attempt to learn any lesson. It is a rant:
    • ...marketed to people in poor countries in a futile attempt...
    • Security vulnerabilities come free with all versions
    • There will be a predictable (and expensive) PR campaign ... But in Redmond ...
    • How can hackers, scattered across the globe, working for no pay, linked only by the net and shared values, apparently outperform the smartest software company on the planet?
    • And here's where the delicious ironies begin.