Q: Speaking of security, Internet Explorer has had well-publicized holes... Gates: Understand those are cases where you are downloading third-party software.
This is just a lie. I wonder if he really belives this bullshit.
Q: Might you add anti-virus/spyware protection in Windows? Gates: It's not a thing you build in. You have to offer a service. There are third parties who are doing a good job. We're always taking a hard look, but we don't have any concrete plans.
And here you can see that the whole attitude towards the security is weird at M$. I mean I don't want Anti-Virus or Anti-Spyware Software from Microsoft. I want the structural problems of Windows solved. If you start MacOS X the root user is disabled per default. That is why Spyware doesn't have a chance. Even the most stupid user will think twice if he has to enter his system-password if he installs Software. Same with Linux. The whole Spyware-thing would be much much less trouble if the default install of Windows would create a user account. And Windows has these capabilities. But at the moment this feature ist pretty much unusable because most of the software vendors don't give a shit about multi-user install. And why do they do this? Because M$ creates a default Admin-Account anyway. If M$ would change that, the software-vendors would adapt very quickly, like they did with SP2. Same with Firewall: First install zillions of services which most of the users don't need at all. And instead of swichting these services off per default, you create a Firewall to fix it.
It's the whole "If we have to decide between usability and security, we will always go for usability" approach that bothers me...
"The public education system in America is one of the most important foundations of our democracy. After all, it is where children from all over America learn to be responsible citizens,
and learn to have the skills necessary to take advantage of our fantastic opportunistic society."
of a nice joke about this issue in a PC Mag at that time:
McD Guy: A Big Mac and a Coke. That's 6,99 Bill G: I have just ordered a Big Mac McD Guy: The Coke belongs to this. It's part of the whole package Bill G: What? I won't pay the Coke! McD Guy: You don't need to. The Coke is free! Bill G: But the Big Mac alone was 3,99 before this? McD Guy: Thats right, but the Big Mac has new features now. It has a Coke included! Bill G: I have just drunk a Coke. I don't need another! McD Guy: Then you won't have a Big Mac! Bill G: Ok, I'll pay 3,99 and won't take the Coke! McD Guy: You can't separate parts of the whole package! Big Mac and Coke are integrated seamlessly! Bill G: That's bullshit! Big Mac and Coke are two independent things! McD Guy: Let me show you something! (dips the Big Mac in the Coke) Bill G: What's that suppose to mean? McD Guy: That's in the interest of our customers! That's how we can guarantee the same taste in all of our products!
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Q: Speaking of security, Internet Explorer has had well-publicized holes ...
Gates: Understand those are cases where you are downloading third-party software.
This is just a lie. I wonder if he really belives this bullshit.
Q: Might you add anti-virus/spyware protection in Windows?
Gates: It's not a thing you build in. You have to offer a service. There are third parties who are doing a good job. We're always taking a hard look, but we don't have any concrete plans.
And here you can see that the whole attitude towards the security is weird at M$. I mean I don't want Anti-Virus or Anti-Spyware Software from Microsoft. I want the structural problems of Windows solved.
If you start MacOS X the root user is disabled per default. That is why Spyware doesn't have a chance. Even the most stupid user will think twice if he has to enter his system-password if he installs Software. Same with Linux. The whole Spyware-thing would be much much less trouble if the default install of Windows would create a user account.
And Windows has these capabilities. But at the moment this feature ist pretty much unusable because most of the software vendors don't give a shit about multi-user install. And why do they do this? Because M$ creates a default Admin-Account anyway. If M$ would change that, the software-vendors would adapt very quickly, like they did with SP2.
Same with Firewall: First install zillions of services which most of the users don't need at all. And instead of swichting these services off per default, you create a Firewall to fix it.
It's the whole "If we have to decide between usability and security, we will always go for usability" approach that bothers me...
"The public education system in America is one of the most important foundations of our democracy. After all, it is where children from all over America learn to be responsible citizens, and learn to have the skills necessary to take advantage of our fantastic opportunistic society."
of a nice joke about this issue in a PC Mag at that time:
McD Guy: A Big Mac and a Coke. That's 6,99
Bill G: I have just ordered a Big Mac
McD Guy: The Coke belongs to this. It's part of the whole package
Bill G: What? I won't pay the Coke!
McD Guy: You don't need to. The Coke is free!
Bill G: But the Big Mac alone was 3,99 before this?
McD Guy: Thats right, but the Big Mac has new features now. It has a Coke included!
Bill G: I have just drunk a Coke. I don't need another!
McD Guy: Then you won't have a Big Mac!
Bill G: Ok, I'll pay 3,99 and won't take the Coke!
McD Guy: You can't separate parts of the whole package! Big Mac and Coke are integrated seamlessly!
Bill G: That's bullshit! Big Mac and Coke are two independent things!
McD Guy: Let me show you something! (dips the Big Mac in the Coke)
Bill G: What's that suppose to mean?
McD Guy: That's in the interest of our customers! That's how we can guarantee the same taste in all of our products!
it's already available over there :-)
a Software called Gspot already exists: http://www.headbands.com/gspot/