$170 for a word processor, spread sheet, and groupware? What a rip-off!
If you think $170 is a good price for this, take a look at http://www.openoffice.org/ and get a complete office suite for free. Almost any OS is supported, too.
Not true? Yes it is. Windows XP sets up one admin account for the user, and it doesn't encourage using an unprivileged account. In fact, most Windows users think that it is best to use the admin account all the time (because of the reasons I just mentioned and also the fact that so many USER APPLICATIONS need administrative privileges (like games) when they really shouldn't need these privileges.
Andrew Tanenbaum, I presume? Well, if the Linux kernel was designed this way, then Linus would have the same problems the HURD team has. And Windows NT's kernel is a microkernel.
The same can go for the Linux kernel. (Yeah that's right, I bashed _the_ penguin on the head, mod me down!)
Even though my nickname might suggest otherwise here, I actually agree with this. It's incredibly difficult, if not impossible, to write something that's perfect. Linux really is no different.
If the "good hackers" discover it, it will be patched, if the "bad hackers" discover it, they will make rookits.
This is about Windows. Windows is closed-source/proprietary, so "good hackers" won't be able to fix the system.
A lot of the code that is not tested and buggy is in the drivers, and I don't understand why do current operating systems still have drivers that are run in the kernel instead of in the user space.
There's a reason for this: if userspace programs were allowed to directly control the hardware (like Windows 9x), it causes major problems like freeze-ups and crashes. That's why they are kernel-space. Though X11 is technically user-space, it can still create security holes.
If the hacker manages to exploit a hole in the display driver, the driver will not crash the system.
How is this good? Without the display driver, how can you see what is going on?
I think the present 4Ghz machines can hangle a %10 slowdown at the expense of say, %80, improved security.
Microkernels do not guarantee security. And where do you get these numbers? I also have barely seen any 4 GHz machines.
How true. M$ even seems to proudly state that every study on their site is "Microsoft-sponsored". Is this something to be proud of? All it proves to me is that Microsoft buys ("sponsors") their way out of everything.
Visit http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/facts/default.mspx to see what I mean. It's pretty sick that Microsoft seems to make the fact that all the studies are Microsoft-sponsored appear to be a good thing.
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Windows 95 was not a standalone OS. In fact, it was DOS-based just like Windows 3.1 was.
They're. I cannot even read the rest of your comment because of that error, think about that next time you write a rant.
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Notice how this post contains a comma splice error, putting a comma where a semicolon, or period, should be used instead....
Please think about your own use of language before correcting someone else's.
And, if you cannot read a post with a typo in it, you must be very picky.
$170 for a word processor, spread sheet, and groupware? What a rip-off!
If you think $170 is a good price for this, take a look at http://www.openoffice.org/ and get a complete office suite for free. Almost any OS is supported, too.
Not true? Yes it is. Windows XP sets up one admin account for the user, and it doesn't encourage using an unprivileged account. In fact, most Windows users think that it is best to use the admin account all the time (because of the reasons I just mentioned and also the fact that so many USER APPLICATIONS need administrative privileges (like games) when they really shouldn't need these privileges.
Isn't it 1337 h4X0r?
Andrew Tanenbaum, I presume? Well, if the Linux kernel was designed this way, then Linus would have the same problems the HURD team has. And Windows NT's kernel is a microkernel.
The same can go for the Linux kernel. (Yeah that's right, I bashed _the_ penguin on the head, mod me down!)
Even though my nickname might suggest otherwise here, I actually agree with this. It's incredibly difficult, if not impossible, to write something that's perfect. Linux really is no different.
If the "good hackers" discover it, it will be patched, if the "bad hackers" discover it, they will make rookits.
This is about Windows. Windows is closed-source/proprietary, so "good hackers" won't be able to fix the system.
A lot of the code that is not tested and buggy is in the drivers, and I don't understand why do current operating systems still have drivers that are run in the kernel instead of in the user space.
There's a reason for this: if userspace programs were allowed to directly control the hardware (like Windows 9x), it causes major problems like freeze-ups and crashes. That's why they are kernel-space. Though X11 is technically user-space, it can still create security holes.
If the hacker manages to exploit a hole in the display driver, the driver will not crash the system.
How is this good? Without the display driver, how can you see what is going on?
I think the present 4Ghz machines can hangle a %10 slowdown at the expense of say, %80, improved security.
Microkernels do not guarantee security. And where do you get these numbers? I also have barely seen any 4 GHz machines.
How true. M$ even seems to proudly state that every study on their site is "Microsoft-sponsored". Is this something to be proud of? All it proves to me is that Microsoft buys ("sponsors") their way out of everything. Visit http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/facts /default.mspx to see what I mean. It's pretty sick that Microsoft seems to make the fact that all the studies are Microsoft-sponsored appear to be a good thing.