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64-Bit Vista Kernel Will Be a "Black Box"
ryanskev writes with news from RSA Europe, where a Microsoft VP spoke bluntly about the lock-down that will apply to 64-bit Vista. From the article: "Microsoft will operate 64-bit versions of Windows Vista as a tabernacle, with the kernel as the holy of holies, where only its own high priests of security may venture." While Microsoft has seemed to be making some concessions to the likes of Symantec and McAfee, considerable doubt remains as to their ultimate future.
> And what does a 'tabernacle of security' mean?
:-)
It makes sense if you think of it in the typical French Canadian usage of the word Tabernac!
Ian Ameline
Microsoft also warned 32-Bit users to be careful, because if you run the 32-Bit version, you're screwed
everyone got it all wrong
the os isn't a black box, the os needs a black box
you know, for when it crashes
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
No-one would just give away the recipe to the Kernel's Secret Source
> with the kernel as the holy of holies,
Am I the only one who read that as,
"The kernel will be the holiest of holy kernels in history, spouting more holes per square inch than any preceding set of kernel holes in history."
Something tells me he used a bad phrase.
help me i've cloned myself and can't remember which one I am
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Never monkey with another monkey's monkey.
They Have To keep that a secret... ;)
The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne
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The tabernacle was the name of the computer in the Sean Connery classic movie "Zardoz": http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7328510519 873373264&q=zardoz
As you can see from the trailer, the Tabernacle is indestructible and ever-lasting. So it's a good choice.
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For those of you who don't speak "Microsoft"... "Microsoft will operate 64-bit versions of Windows Vista as a tabernacle, with the kernel as the holy of holies, where only its own high priests of security may venture." roughly translates to "It will have a password."
Oh, the horror! Imagine if any Theo, Dick or Linus could modify the precious kernel!
Je fume. Tu fumes. Nous fûmes!
"with the kernel as the holy of holies" should read "with the kernel as the holy of holes".