Microsoft never has made an anti-virus product, or stand-alone firewall software so it's hardly making money from "treating" the disease.
Uh huh. And how much money are Symantec, MacAfee, et al making from this sordid business? And how much of it is Microsoft seeing, in terms of 'developer licenses', 'consulting fees', and just plain old cash under the table?
And Microsoft's new ad campaign is strongly recommending that everyone run a virus scanner. Basically free advertising for their buddies at Symantec and MacAfee.
Yeah, so this sounds a bit paranoid, but the amount of money involved, is it really that far-fetched?
JBoss is an Open Source J2EE Application Server, that directly competes with the expensive offerings from BEA (WebLogic) and IBM (WebSphere) to name the top two.
JBoss has had a hard time getting Sun certification as J2EE compliant, but now that it has been certified, OS X Server 10.3 + JBoss + Apple's Server Tools should make the XServe rather attractive to J2EE shops.
Here is a complete hardware solution, for less than the cost of a Weblogic licence!
I don't like the way he keeps mentioning OS X in the same breath as Linux, but neglects to point out the differences.
OS X was designed from the beginning as a desktop OS, and the designers have taken these issues into account. For one thing, the root account is disabled. It is not trivial to enable the root account, and it isn't even necessary.
Secondly, even though OS X ships with a standard mail client it's a good mail client. It can't run applications or scripts with a single click, HTML email is limited to display, no JavaScript can run, and plug-ins don't work.
I wonder if Apple should thank Microsoft for setting such a bad example!
If you read the article,you'll see that HP is in on this.
Hewlett Packard, whose marketing department was described as being so inept that, "If they had to sell sushi, they'd describe it as cold, dead, raw fish."
HP is so dull they make Gates and Ballmer look like MTV VJs in comparison.
Which does raise the question, "How stupid are they?'
All they've done is soured their reputation, and let Geer off the leash. This was about the dumbest thing they could have done. Couldn't they see this was going to happen? There has to be more to this story than we're hearing.
I worked with one terrific recruiter in New Hampshire. He placed me in a start-up in Boston. The job looked great, but almost everyone involved burned out and quit, and the company founder was a lunatic. (I saw him once modify code directly on the production server.)
I didn't last that much longer, and quit. When I called the headhunter he was terribly apologetic; he'd checked the place out personally, and thought it was a good place to work.
So he got me my next job, which was a great position, and for 10K a year more than I was looking for.
For crying out loud, moderators grab a clue. This isn't insightful, it's ignorant. There's no way in hell that virus writers would 'flock to OS X and start writing viruses with reckless abondon.'
OS X has a UNIX Kernel and security model, and as such is much more robust and resilient that any Windows operating system. Applications can not be run without permissions being set, untrusted scripts or applications can not run as root, and random applications can't grab system-wide resources (like the WSH and Outlook) and start sending out emails. Further, the 'buffer overflow' exploit that is the root of many of these Windows problems isn't possible on OS X due to the CPU architecture.
The company, with $6 billion in annual revenue, isn't part of Vivendi's entertainment assets that are slated to be merged with General Electric Co.'s ( GE) NBC.
Vivendi removed the music assets from its auction process in July, in part because the French conglomerate feared selling the business when music valuations were at such low levels.
How someone can write all that tripe without reading the article is beyond me.
Huh? Can you give me a reference to this? Last I heard, they had sold their collective soul. As an alumnus, I was going to withhold my donations until the policy changed. Hell, if they're getting $zillions from Microsoft, why would they need my $500?
The Mercury News article quotes Rob Enderle, president of a 'technology research firm' as one of it's sources. A quick google search on this guy reveals he does nothing but generate quotes for news articles.
I did finally turn up some background on him here. He has a background in marketing, and market research into Microsoft products and trends. He actually has the distinction of being the most widely quoted analyst one year!
Not someone I'd consider an expert on viruses, or the internals of operating systems.
Uh huh. Good luck. It looks like these bottom-feeders already thought of that. The company is based in Panama, and their privacy policy states that it is governed by the laws of Panama. How the hell are we supposed to find out what those laws are?
That's not actually Canada, per se, it's a couple of twits at the border who turn back stuff when they feel like it. The Border Guards have a fair degree of latitude, much the same as U.S. Border Guards do.
There was a fuss about some Gay Lit. (or porn, depending on your point of view) that got refused at the border, and the whole thing went to the Supreme Court. The situation is a little better now; you can import most things into Canada, you just have to pay the GST:)
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Heh. Reminds my of the last project I did at one of my old jobs. The application made no sense, but we coded it anyway.
My boss called it, "A stupid idea, brilliantly executed".
And I call Visual Basic "The COBOL of the nineties". Produced the same kind of spagetti-code legacy apps that COBOL did.
And by the way, Visual COBOL is either a MicroFocus or Microsoft product.
nearly - almost, but not quite
I hardly think that 100+ trailers from all major studios and a number of top independents qualifies as 'almost'.
Uh huh
Microsoft never has made an anti-virus product, or stand-alone firewall software so it's hardly making money from "treating" the disease.
Uh huh. And how much money are Symantec, MacAfee, et al making from this sordid business? And how much of it is Microsoft seeing, in terms of 'developer licenses', 'consulting fees', and just plain old cash under the table?
And Microsoft's new ad campaign is strongly recommending that everyone run a virus scanner. Basically free advertising for their buddies at Symantec and MacAfee.
Yeah, so this sounds a bit paranoid, but the amount of money involved, is it really that far-fetched?
Aww! I only have a 'Mach Factor' of 0.41. Anyone break the sound barrier yet?
JBoss is an Open Source J2EE Application Server, that directly competes with the expensive offerings from BEA (WebLogic) and IBM (WebSphere) to name the top two.
JBoss has had a hard time getting Sun certification as J2EE compliant, but now that it has been certified, OS X Server 10.3 + JBoss + Apple's Server Tools should make the XServe rather attractive to J2EE shops.
Here is a complete hardware solution, for less than the cost of a Weblogic licence!
Now ya see, I hate Microsoft more. Because Microsoft are the evil villians of this epic, while SCO are obviously the comedy relief ...
I don't like the way he keeps mentioning OS X in the same breath as Linux, but neglects to point out the differences.
OS X was designed from the beginning as a desktop OS, and the designers have taken these issues into account. For one thing, the root account is disabled. It is not trivial to enable the root account, and it isn't even necessary.
Secondly, even though OS X ships with a standard mail client it's a good mail client. It can't run applications or scripts with a single click, HTML email is limited to display, no JavaScript can run, and plug-ins don't work.
I wonder if Apple should thank Microsoft for setting such a bad example!
If you read the article,you'll see that HP is in on this.
Hewlett Packard, whose marketing department was described as being so inept that, "If they had to sell sushi, they'd describe it as cold, dead, raw fish."
HP is so dull they make Gates and Ballmer look like MTV VJs in comparison.
Which does raise the question, "How stupid are they?'
All they've done is soured their reputation, and let Geer off the leash. This was about the dumbest thing they could have done. Couldn't they see this was going to happen?
There has to be more to this story than we're hearing.
I worked with one terrific recruiter in New Hampshire. He placed me in a start-up in Boston. The job looked great, but almost everyone involved burned out and quit, and the company founder was a lunatic. (I saw him once modify code directly on the production server.)
I didn't last that much longer, and quit. When I called the headhunter he was terribly apologetic; he'd checked the place out personally, and thought it was a good place to work.
So he got me my next job, which was a great position, and for 10K a year more than I was looking for.
And by outperforming top-specked Windows machines on some tests ...
Top-specked? What the hell is that? The same kind of paint specks on both machines?
And WebTV.
We have a winnar!
For crying out loud, moderators grab a clue. This isn't insightful, it's ignorant. There's no way in hell that virus writers would 'flock to OS X and start writing viruses with reckless abondon.'
OS X has a UNIX Kernel and security model, and as such is much more robust and resilient that any Windows operating system. Applications can not be run without permissions being set, untrusted scripts or applications can not run as root, and random applications can't grab system-wide resources (like the WSH and Outlook) and start sending out emails. Further, the 'buffer overflow' exploit that is the root of many of these Windows problems isn't possible on OS X due to the CPU architecture.
Insightful, my ass.
The company, with $6 billion in annual revenue, isn't part of Vivendi's entertainment assets that are slated to be merged with General Electric Co.'s ( GE) NBC.
Vivendi removed the music assets from its auction process in July, in part because the French conglomerate feared selling the business when music valuations were at such low levels.
How someone can write all that tripe without reading the article is beyond me.
Can someone please explain why after these changes Linux is somehow intrisically better than Windows has the potential to becomein terms of security?
Sure, the architecture is screwed. This guy says it better than I could.
4. Finance the off-the-books black-ops virus kit development lab.
Yeah, it's a paranoid conspiracy theory, but I like it.
Huh? Can you give me a reference to this? Last I heard, they had sold their collective soul. As an alumnus, I was going to withhold my donations until the policy changed. Hell, if they're getting $zillions from Microsoft, why would they need my $500?
The Mercury News article quotes Rob Enderle, president of a 'technology research firm' as one of it's sources. A quick google search on this guy reveals he does nothing but generate quotes for news articles.
I did finally turn up some background on him here. He has a background in marketing, and market research into Microsoft products and trends. He actually has the distinction of being the most widely quoted analyst one year!
Not someone I'd consider an expert on viruses, or the internals of operating systems.
He's a spokesman for an anti-virus company. What did you expect him to say?
Good point about the architecture flaw. Does that mean the mythical OS X for x86 would also be vulnerable?
So get a Mac with OS X. None of this RTFM crap, solid as any other *NIX, and runs almost any application you care to name.
Uh huh. Good luck. It looks like these bottom-feeders already thought of that. The company is based in Panama, and their privacy policy states that it is governed by the laws of Panama. How the hell are we supposed to find out what those laws are?
Maybe I'm missing your point, but this specific EULA is actually taking something (your email address book) from you. So we're already there.
That's not actually Canada, per se, it's a couple of twits at the border who turn back stuff when they feel like it. The Border Guards have a fair degree of latitude, much the same as U.S. Border Guards do.
:)
There was a fuss about some Gay Lit. (or porn, depending on your point of view) that got refused at the border, and the whole thing went to the Supreme Court. The situation is a little better now; you can import most things into Canada, you just have to pay the GST