This made me laugh. Linux is much the same as OSX and Windows in this regard. If any of the 3 is weak then it would be Apple's piss-poor security process. That said Linux is a total hodge-podge when it comes to security, witness the Debian OpenSSS bug to see how badly it can go wrong.
Bottom line, Linux needs to find a differentiating factor in which it is actually discernibly different.
It seems that a majority of posters here are out of touch with Microsoft's track record regarding security. It was terrible 10 years cut starting from XP SP2 they have done well.
Those of you looking for a mainstream commercial software vendor that pays little regard to security should take a look at Adobe or Apple.
A more pertinent question would be to ask what the US did to Iran. And the answer was that the USA killed off Iran's fledgling democracy in 1953 and thus secured a never ending period of hate and distrust.
Yeah it really sucks that programs that run on one version of Windows keep on running on versions released far into the future. I really hate it when I can run my old programs. It just drives me mad. I wish the MS would make all my old programs break when they release new versions of Windows. Heck, I might just buy a Mac!!
Could somebody explain how to rationalise that copyright infringement is OK for music and films but heinous when it's a GPL infringement. I'd just like to know how to reasonably maintain both seemingly contradictory positions. Thanks.
Lots of the teams use CFD to help design their cars but basically CFD doesn't work anywhere near as well as old fashioned wind tunnel testing and so all the top teams spend all year (24/7!) doing tunnel testing!
It's a complete non-starter on a computer with multiple user accounts. How do you update it? Do you really want to update every single version separately? Really? What about corporate environments?
Firefox installer isn't great for corporate Windows environments either because it isn't delivered as an MSI package. Why on earth the FF people can't follow a nearly 10 year old platform packaging standard is beyond me. Yes you can get FF MSI packages from 3rd parties but that has its own problems and barriers.
I think you'll find that Chrome's record with regards security is no better than IE8 or FF.
Also, as far as rocking, I still can't get over the way it rides roughshod over installation standards and copies program files to your user profile. Until they get that sorted I won't touch it.
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This made me laugh. Linux is much the same as OSX and Windows in this regard. If any of the 3 is weak then it would be Apple's piss-poor security process. That said Linux is a total hodge-podge when it comes to security, witness the Debian OpenSSS bug to see how badly it can go wrong.
Bottom line, Linux needs to find a differentiating factor in which it is actually discernibly different.
UAC does require password if you are a standard user which should be the norm on a corporate site.
It seems that a majority of posters here are out of touch with Microsoft's track record regarding security. It was terrible 10 years cut starting from XP SP2 they have done well.
Those of you looking for a mainstream commercial software vendor that pays little regard to security should take a look at Adobe or Apple.
A more pertinent question would be to ask what the US did to Iran. And the answer was that the USA killed off Iran's fledgling democracy in 1953 and thus secured a never ending period of hate and distrust.
Should have been, "Google Wave and the difficulty of flogging stuff that's shit"
The answer to slow cellular data rates is Opera mini. Browsing raw interweb on cellular is just horrid.
Yeah it really sucks that programs that run on one version of Windows keep on running on versions released far into the future. I really hate it when I can run my old programs. It just drives me mad. I wish the MS would make all my old programs break when they release new versions of Windows. Heck, I might just buy a Mac!!
Yeah, keep telling yourself this if it helps you sleep at night!!
Could somebody explain how to rationalise that copyright infringement is OK for music and films but heinous when it's a GPL infringement. I'd just like to know how to reasonably maintain both seemingly contradictory positions. Thanks.
I guess you've never used the Sysinternals suite of tools then.
Well, I don't understand your cryptic comment, so perhaps you are right!
Unattended isn't so much use if you want to put anything other than 2000/XP on your box.
Is this an hotel?
Your blurry fonts are likely an issue with Cleartype. Are you using a CRT monitor?!
Also, what kind of loser still runs XP in 2010?!
I can assure you that half man half biscuit are not computer generated. Do some research!
Lots of the teams use CFD to help design their cars but basically CFD doesn't work anywhere near as well as old fashioned wind tunnel testing and so all the top teams spend all year (24/7!) doing tunnel testing!
Office 2007, open from cache in less than 1 second on a crap machine!!
...and pays for all calls. Nice little tax break for me.
It's a complete non-starter on a computer with multiple user accounts. How do you update it? Do you really want to update every single version separately? Really? What about corporate environments?
Firefox installer isn't great for corporate Windows environments either because it isn't delivered as an MSI package. Why on earth the FF people can't follow a nearly 10 year old platform packaging standard is beyond me. Yes you can get FF MSI packages from 3rd parties but that has its own problems and barriers.
I think you'll find that Chrome's record with regards security is no better than IE8 or FF.
Also, as far as rocking, I still can't get over the way it rides roughshod over installation standards and copies program files to your user profile. Until they get that sorted I won't touch it.
I'm not sure how you equate slashdotters and intelligent people. I'm sure some slashdotters have brains, but they are few and far between.
Clearly you wait until the money hits your account before paying out!
I got an XP -> 7 upgrade for GBP65 which I think is excellent value for money.
Flamebait now appears to mean 'holds an opinion that differs from mine'!
Vista and 7 rock. What's the problem?