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Microsoft Says Vista Has the Fewest Flaws

Posted by samzenpus on from the eye-of-the-beholder dept.

ancientribe writes "Microsoft issued a year-one security report on its Windows Vista operating system today, and it turns out Vista logged less than half the vulnerabilities than Windows XP did in its first year. According to the new Microsoft report, Vista also had fewer vulnerabilities in its first year than other OSes — including Red Hat rhel4ws, Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, and Apple Mac OS X 10.4 — did in their first years."

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  1. But M$ by kahrytan · · Score: 0, Troll


      What about the biggest flaw of them all .... The NT Kernel. One could say, it's biggest security flaw in Windows this millennium.

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  2. bullshit by nguy · · Score: 0, Troll

    Trying to infer user base from web hits is bullshit.

  3. Re:Fewest Admitters = Fewest Flaws by Liquidrage · · Score: 1, Troll

    the exremely annoying UAC prompts - Right because we all install 100 apps a day or make 100 system changes a day. I'm on my PC a lot and rarely get asked to continue. When I do, it's an install or a system change. Which makes sense.

    the HUGE amount of system rescources needed to get decent performance - Correcting you, you only need a huge amount of resources to get Vista with all it's eye-candy. Feel free to turn it off to get performance you can live with. In fact, when you install it, the OS suggests what level of eye candy.

    Lets start with the built in DRM - I only agree with this about Vista itself. Vista needs to be activated, etc.. Otherwise, what are you talking about. Vista doesn't check or care if I download 100 new movies and songs from my favorite torrent, burn then to DVD, upload, etc...

    You might want to try actually using a system before commenting on it.

  4. Re:Microsoft Says Vista Has the Fewest Flaws by zLaSh · · Score: 0, Troll

    Once in a while you can eat in McDonalds when you have no time, or a need for industrial artificial flavors... But there is no reason for using vista, not even once in a while... The only thing that vista can be useful for, besides a good live example of HOW not to waste lot of years making an operative system, is to feel the same sensation effect that happens when you enter a freezing cold pool of water, only to run to hot water. As a result, you get a very relaxing and warm feeling. Its really a pleasure after trying to work with vista, to go back to your O.S of choice.