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Linux solve that by allowing users to add repositories. I don't see why that would not work for Microsoft as well.
by runholm 11y ago
Linux solve that by allowing users to add repositories. I don't see why that would not work for Microsoft as well.
- anon1385 11y agoThat just means malware sites like download.com will tell users to add the download.com repository. Without curation package managers/app stores don't offer any additional security, but curation inevitably involves trusting somebody to make those decisions. Do you trust Microsoft to do that for most users?
- chris_wot 11y agoI do. I run Windows update on any machine that someone asks me to look at.
- fpoling 11y agoConsider Chromebooks - one can unlock ChromeOS or replace it with Linux, but Google made it rather scary-sounding process for an average user, so malware site has very little chances to convenience the user to do it.
- anon1385 11y agoChromeOS isn't an open platform and Chromebooks are dangerously locked down. Microsoft could solve these issues on windows by forbidding software that they don't approve. It would undoubtedly improve the security of the platform. But it turns Windows into a walled garden instead of an open platform (consider - would Microsoft have allowed Firefox onto the platform? unlikely)