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64-Bit Vista Kernel Will Be a "Black Box"

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the abandon-all-hope-ye-who-ener-here dept.

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.

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  1. Re:Just to be pedantic... by Villageidiot9390 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Off Topic Completely, but that's an amazing sig

  2. Re:Just to be pedantic... by Eideewt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I just can't figure out why some people decide TO capitalize that word. LISP I can understand; FORTRAN too -- those just mean you're hopelessly out of date. But MAC? Did they hear someone pronounce it in all caps or something before seeing in print?

  3. Re:Sounds like the right plan by patrik609 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    well IE asleep at the wheel and yesterday Mozilla released new version http://newsfromanywhere.blogspot.com/ FREE MARKET!!!