[mdlug] Is Vista going to be the new Windows ME?

[Ingles, Raymond]

> From: Rich Clark <rrclark at rrclark.net>

> On Tue, 30 Jan 2007, Garry Stahl wrote:
> > And one has to ask, is not 20 years long enough to fix a 
> > problem if you really want it fixed?
> 
> What, and put the antivirus industry out of business?

 They've had no problems putting other industries out of business. See, e.g.,
the disk compression industry, the browser industry, the office software
industry, etc. They don't mind taking over a revenue stream, or cutting it
off completely for everyone including themselves if it hurts their
competition.

> Please, so much money is dependent on MS's security problems that there is no 
> incentive whatsoever for MS to fix it.

 Hanlon's Razor says "Never attribute to malice what can be adequately
explained by stupidity." I agree that malice is nearly the default assumption
with MS, but in this case, monumentally stupid historical design decisions
cover almost all of it. Malware's out of control, and MS knows it. If they
could fix it, they would. But they *can't*. See my .sig:

 Sincerely,

 Ray Ingles                                           (313) 227-2317

 "It's possible to make Windows secure, in much the same way as it's
  possible to make a bullet-proof vest out of cheese - you just need
    an awful lot of cheese and the end result doesn't smell good."
                     -- Jim in the Monastery
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