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Well, Linux (depending on what distro) is easy to use, sadly natively it wont run any of the apps I need it to run without tinkering.
Like I said, I dont condone other choices, since we use RHEL for our servers. Apple would never appeal to me though.
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I really dont see the point in your post, your mainly saying (along with everyone else, that windows is WIDE OPEN), if you really feel that its making you that insecure, simply dont use it.
You also say that:
If you are a "world-wide, huge market piece of product" you can definitely expect to be a target of attacks and so, if you value your customers, you should make sure they get the best security OUT OF THE BOX. Microsoft didn't.
Lets say Microsoft DOESNT value thier customers, why do so many people buy Microsoft products? Simply because its pretty much the "standard" and they obviously didnt get there by having all of these systems getting infected, etc.
My stance is still: its ALWAYS the end users choices that make up how "well" ("well", for any situation you would put my statement into, cars, etc) a product will perform.
Like I said, if windows was this wide open/problematic, how come since the RC of 2000, I have never seen a bluescreen/crash/virus/etc. Maybe im simply not "pushing"/"using" my computer for the things others are.
I simply dont get it, maybe im just not thinking straight or something...
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ok reading that really quick, i snip out this:
Quite simply, Microsoft's operating systems and applications are unique within the industry -- no, not just the industry, but almost unique in post-1989 history itself -- in the careless way they treat data as code. Nobody else would have deployed ActiveX, or deliberately made executing a mail attachment as easy as clicking on it.
therefore, its the users fault, not windows itself.:) if you dont understand what im referring to, read: Nobody else would have deployed ActiveX, or deliberately made executing a mail attachment as easy as clicking on it.
Granted, the technologies they implemented had "the better good" in mind, being its such widley-used, people try to exploit what the masses use.
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Ok, I just have to have my say about this.
Personally Ive never bought any MS windows product, hell Ive never bought ANY MS product, besides maybe a few games. What I love is how everyone would jump all over MS simply because they feel they need to defend what it is they "use", whether its OSX, Linux, whatever. I personaly since windows 98, have never seen a blue screen. Never have I been hacked. Never have I gotten a virus. Of course I may have gotten ad-ware/spyware, but when your the biggest player in the market these virus/adware/spyware writers are going to target your product. If OSX was as big as Windows is, there would be just as many problems.
People always complain about how incompatable Windows is, well, again when your the big dog and your not running on a "set" hardware platform (read Apple), there will be compatability issues. People always complain about how insecure (read spyware/adware/virus's), well tbh a computer/software is only as good as its user. If a user thinks they can buy a world-wide, huge market piece of product and simply plug it in and be totally secure, your sadly mistaken. If you dont have a firewall, its your fault, not the OS. They TRIED to fix that problem by making a firewall. To be honest, I would much rather them spend the time improving other aspects, then trying to make thier product foolproof. Of course, by TRYING to make thier product foolproof, its just making them more money, so im all for it I guess.
I know im going to get flamed, but it really pisses me off when people complain and complain about windows, yet I bet almost 75% of them are compaining about it, on a windows machine. If you dont like windows, dont use it, dont bitch about it. Your statement of simply not using it is more then enough.
For the record I also use Linux, so dont think im a windows freak. Personally I would NEVER think about Apple OS's due to the simple fact there is no reason for me to.
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Well, Linux (depending on what distro) is easy to use, sadly natively it wont run any of the apps I need it to run without tinkering. Like I said, I dont condone other choices, since we use RHEL for our servers. Apple would never appeal to me though.
I really dont see the point in your post, your mainly saying (along with everyone else, that windows is WIDE OPEN), if you really feel that its making you that insecure, simply dont use it. You also say that: If you are a "world-wide, huge market piece of product" you can definitely expect to be a target of attacks and so, if you value your customers, you should make sure they get the best security OUT OF THE BOX. Microsoft didn't. Lets say Microsoft DOESNT value thier customers, why do so many people buy Microsoft products? Simply because its pretty much the "standard" and they obviously didnt get there by having all of these systems getting infected, etc. My stance is still: its ALWAYS the end users choices that make up how "well" ("well", for any situation you would put my statement into, cars, etc) a product will perform. Like I said, if windows was this wide open/problematic, how come since the RC of 2000, I have never seen a bluescreen/crash/virus/etc. Maybe im simply not "pushing"/"using" my computer for the things others are. I simply dont get it, maybe im just not thinking straight or something...
ok reading that really quick, i snip out this: Quite simply, Microsoft's operating systems and applications are unique within the industry -- no, not just the industry, but almost unique in post-1989 history itself -- in the careless way they treat data as code. Nobody else would have deployed ActiveX, or deliberately made executing a mail attachment as easy as clicking on it. therefore, its the users fault, not windows itself. :) if you dont understand what im referring to, read: Nobody else would have deployed ActiveX, or deliberately made executing a mail attachment as easy as clicking on it.
Granted, the technologies they implemented had "the better good" in mind, being its such widley-used, people try to exploit what the masses use.
Ok, I just have to have my say about this.
Personally Ive never bought any MS windows product, hell Ive never bought ANY MS product, besides maybe a few games. What I love is how everyone would jump all over MS simply because they feel they need to defend what it is they "use", whether its OSX, Linux, whatever. I personaly since windows 98, have never seen a blue screen. Never have I been hacked. Never have I gotten a virus. Of course I may have gotten ad-ware/spyware, but when your the biggest player in the market these virus/adware/spyware writers are going to target your product. If OSX was as big as Windows is, there would be just as many problems.
People always complain about how incompatable Windows is, well, again when your the big dog and your not running on a "set" hardware platform (read Apple), there will be compatability issues. People always complain about how insecure (read spyware/adware/virus's), well tbh a computer/software is only as good as its user. If a user thinks they can buy a world-wide, huge market piece of product and simply plug it in and be totally secure, your sadly mistaken. If you dont have a firewall, its your fault, not the OS. They TRIED to fix that problem by making a firewall. To be honest, I would much rather them spend the time improving other aspects, then trying to make thier product foolproof. Of course, by TRYING to make thier product foolproof, its just making them more money, so im all for it I guess.
I know im going to get flamed, but it really pisses me off when people complain and complain about windows, yet I bet almost 75% of them are compaining about it, on a windows machine. If you dont like windows, dont use it, dont bitch about it. Your statement of simply not using it is more then enough.
For the record I also use Linux, so dont think im a windows freak. Personally I would NEVER think about Apple OS's due to the simple fact there is no reason for me to.