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Microsoft Fixing Windows 8 Flaws, But Leaving Them In Windows 7
mask.of.sanity sends this news from El Reg:
"Microsoft has left Windows 7 exposed by only applying security upgrades to its newest operating systems. Researchers found the gaps after they scanned 900 Windows libraries using a custom diffing tool and uncovered a variety of security functions that were updated in Windows 8 but not in 7. They said the shortcoming could lead to the discovery of zero day vulnerabilities. The missing safe functions were part of Microsoft's dedicated libraries intsafe.h and strsafe.h that help developers combat various attacks. [Video, slides.]"
People think Microsoft is a software company that is sometimes evil. That's wrong. Microsoft is an evil company that delivers evil through software. The main purpose is evil.
My opinion, but one shared by many others. When you buy from Microsoft, you are making yourself the target of manipulation. The anti-trust laws are not being observed, and Microsoft has a virtual monopoly.
It seems likely that Microsoft will not treat buyers of Windows 8.1 better than they have treated buyers of Windows 7.
Dear Microsoft,
Dear gods, please catch a ride on the clue train. Businesses don't want Windows 8 - the retraining necessary is just too costly, and all the cool features involving touch are useless for the cube farm drones.
So just stop your stupid shit, realize the Windows 7 is your nex XP, make sure that Windows 9 undoes a lot of the silly bullshit, and maybe you won't completely jump the shark.
Dear DigitalSorceress,
Please see our raised middle finger, aimed in your direction. We don't care what businesses (or consumers) want; they'll take what we give them, whether they like it or not. We don't care about their retraining costs, or how much the Windows 8 UI affects productivity. We want to make everyone used to our new UI so that we can sell more Windows Phones and become dominant in that market. If businesses don't like that, too bad. What are they going to do, convert their entire MS-based infrastructure (including Exchange/Outlook, Office, Sharepoint, AD, etc.) to something else? Bwahahahaha! Your naivety is really quite amusing.
Stop complaining and learn to like Windows 8, the Ribbon, and anything else we deign to provide to you. We know you're not going to bother to switch to anything else.
-- Microsoft