IF the programmers of Apple OSX, Linux, and BSD can make mostly malware-free software, Microsoft can also.
Those operating systems have fewer vulnerabilities because they were designed to be secure.
Apple has a horrible record for patching OSX. Linux and *BSD have plenty of advisories and vulnerabilities. No, they were NOT designed to be secure. There are specialised variants, such as OpenBSD and SELinux that can make that, but the vast majority of *nix operating systems can not. If you want security by design look at the mainframe or iSeries.
Windows is leaps and bounds more secure than any distro of linux, and will be for quite a while.
Citation, please?
The reason windows is so exploited, is because it is on 90%+ of the machines in the world which make it the prime target. If Linux had 90% of the desktop, I'm sure you wouldn't be saying "Switch to Linux"
Yeah... But I also think that it's worth keeping an eye out for MS' answer to VMWare's hypervisor-style server product where the host OS is purpose designed to allocate resources to guest images and not much else. When this hits the street, windows as the base system will be irrelevant.
Making VS2005R2 a free download is a good start, and the required response to VMWare making their equivalent product free.
I agree wholeheartedly with the last point, this is fantastic for the consumer.
Before everyone gets all smiley and happy about this, what depth of support are they offering? Are we talking OS configuration and administration support, or merely: "Is your Linux VM booting?" level of support?
I've heard conflicting reports about this. Can anyone set the record straight? I'm asking you, MS Virtual Server team...
...exactly what you did. You walked in and gave your two weeks. And the result was you got an impromptu unpaid vacation. Some organisations will view you as a security risk - don't take it personally. Did mention you should enjoy the paid vacation?
... Heh, sorry, poor Canadian here... I thought the First Amendment of your nation's Constitution was the right to Freedom of Speech? Must have been somewhere else I guess...
Hmmm... TFA points out that the blogger in question did not name anyone. I would assume that means its not being taken as libel or slander.
So the administration didn't like it and came down on this individual like a tonne of bricks.
Really? This is not being presented as news; it is clearly by Google about Google. I see no reason why Newsweek should be ashamed. If this had been in Harvard Business Review, no one would have batted an eye.
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That is the most fubar'd proposed bit of IP legislation I have ever heard... If you want to give free access to your own IP, why the devil should it be against the law?
This is bizarre... I cannot think of an industry outside music and movies that would even think of lobbying for such legislation in any nation... Hell, Wall Street uses a lot of OSS, and I imagine that the Euro-zone financial giants do as well.
This is quite possibly the most myopic bit of IP legislation I have ever seen.
" if something has to be done, just do it - don't ask! They will thank you later,".
If you have a good relationship with upper management, go for it. For most of us though, that's a great way to get terminated with cause.
Don't get me wrong, I have no hate for OpenBSD... but if you flip a divisions network backend overnight before telling anyone... Well, PWC must be a fairly tolerant bunch, as I cannot think of one employer I have ever had that wouldn't have wanted at least some sort of analysis or plan undertaken first.
Welcome to small and medium business. The guy who gets the IT Management gig is the guy who knows what a computer is and possibly how to turn it on. Yes, it sucks, it really does. This is why we have Monster. The upside is not all places are like this, and sometimes you get a non-technical person running a technical department who will actually value the opinions of the people working under them, which in turn means you may actually get a reasonable budget, or at least a reasonable manager who understands that things just take time sometimes.
Yes... looking forward to being able to be lazy and using Windows network drivers when I cannot find a BSD driver. Damn generic chipsets with no indication of chipset.
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No, but I should have.
IF the programmers of Apple OSX, Linux, and BSD can make mostly malware-free software, Microsoft can also.
Those operating systems have fewer vulnerabilities because they were designed to be secure.
Apple has a horrible record for patching OSX.
Linux and *BSD have plenty of advisories and vulnerabilities.
No, they were NOT designed to be secure. There are specialised variants, such as OpenBSD and SELinux that can make that, but the vast majority of *nix operating systems can not.
If you want security by design look at the mainframe or iSeries.
Windows is leaps and bounds more secure than any distro of linux, and will be for quite a while.
Citation, please?
The reason windows is so exploited, is because it is on 90%+ of the machines in the world which make it the prime target. If Linux had 90% of the desktop, I'm sure you wouldn't be saying "Switch to Linux"
Very true.
Yeah... But I also think that it's worth keeping an eye out for MS' answer to VMWare's hypervisor-style server product where the host OS is purpose designed to allocate resources to guest images and not much else. When this hits the street, windows as the base system will be irrelevant.
Making VS2005R2 a free download is a good start, and the required response to VMWare making their equivalent product free.
I agree wholeheartedly with the last point, this is fantastic for the consumer.
Before everyone gets all smiley and happy about this, what depth of support are they offering?
Are we talking OS configuration and administration support, or merely: "Is your Linux VM booting?" level of support?
I've heard conflicting reports about this. Can anyone set the record straight? I'm asking you, MS Virtual Server team...
...unless my eyes mistake me, it's a brass beaver.
...exactly what you did.
You walked in and gave your two weeks. And the result was you got an impromptu unpaid vacation.
Some organisations will view you as a security risk - don't take it personally.
Did mention you should enjoy the paid vacation?
The point is made, I withdraw the original statement re: 1st amendment.
Upon further reflection, it's even worse that it is an academic institution pursuing this kind of censorship.
Fair enough... but venting against *unnamed* colleagues and/or profs is NOT tantamount to walking up to your boss and telling him to fuck off.
Yes this is a private institution... and the student is effectively a customer willing to drop USD$14,000 per semester to attend it.
This is not an employee-employer relationship, as has been suggested. If an anology is wanted I suggest customer-vendor.
... Heh, sorry, poor Canadian here... I thought the First Amendment of your nation's Constitution was the right to Freedom of Speech? Must have been somewhere else I guess...
Hmmm... TFA points out that the blogger in question did not name anyone. I would assume that means its not being taken as libel or slander.
So the administration didn't like it and came down on this individual like a tonne of bricks.
That's crap. I hope the appeal is successful.
Really? This is not being presented as news; it is clearly by Google about Google. I see no reason why Newsweek should be ashamed.
If this had been in Harvard Business Review, no one would have batted an eye.
Nom de tecleur, peut être?
Merci beaucoup... I was dead serious... but it is kinda funny too...
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"Nom de plume"; in this case though "nom de guerre" may be more appropriate.
Wouldn't that be ethnocentrism?
Ça c'est fucké...
That is the most fubar'd proposed bit of IP legislation I have ever heard...
If you want to give free access to your own IP, why the devil should it be against the law?
This is bizarre... I cannot think of an industry outside music and movies that would even think of lobbying for such legislation in any nation... Hell, Wall Street uses a lot of OSS, and I imagine that the Euro-zone financial giants do as well.
This is quite possibly the most myopic bit of IP legislation I have ever seen.
" if something has to be done, just do it - don't ask! They will thank you later,".
If you have a good relationship with upper management, go for it. For most of us though, that's a great way to get terminated with cause.
Don't get me wrong, I have no hate for OpenBSD... but if you flip a divisions network backend overnight before telling anyone... Well, PWC must be a fairly tolerant bunch, as I cannot think of one employer I have ever had that wouldn't have wanted at least some sort of analysis or plan undertaken first.
This is ridiculous. If you work on a factory floor with this level of ignorance about your tools you either:
a) die; or
b) get fired.
"It's too hard..." Tough shit. Learn it, you work in an office, it's part of your job.
Welcome to small and medium business.
The guy who gets the IT Management gig is the guy who knows what a computer is and possibly how to turn it on.
Yes, it sucks, it really does. This is why we have Monster.
The upside is not all places are like this, and sometimes you get a non-technical person running a technical department who will actually value the opinions of the people working under them, which in turn means you may actually get a reasonable budget, or at least a reasonable manager who understands that things just take time sometimes.
I wouldn't hold my breath though.
Depends on which Academia de la Lengua...
Look at Spain: Parking and Márketing, while in the Americas we have Estacionamiento and mercadeo or mercadotécnia
Wouldn't that be Unscientific American?
Yes... looking forward to being able to be lazy and using Windows network drivers when I cannot find a BSD driver. Damn generic chipsets with no indication of chipset.
And I am sure that they used this research to enhance the Virtual PC and Virtual Server products they acquired last year.
No, this is not a bug... It enhances the evil.