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Mobile platform apps run in considerably stricter environments than do desktop apps. I'm wondering why MS has not come out with a similar kind of Windows, wher

• flukus 8y ago
  > Mobile platform apps run in considerably stricter environments than do desktop apps. Mobile phones (android) are full of malware, most only get patched for a couple of years at best and these are often late and infrequent. Stricter != safer. > I'm wondering why MS has not come out with a similar kind of Windows, wherein every app is effectively sandboxed. That would be windows 10 and the app store included, but it looks like it's limitations led to failure.
  • sonnyblarney 8y ago
    Stricture definitely means safer. Android apps written in Java cannot wipe the device or run amok and do whatever. The opportunity for malware is considerably reduced if the API attack surface is limited. Security measures on Win10 are superficial in the sense that any app compiled to the platform can essentially do whatever. It would I think something quite more fundamental than the app store or signatures, effectively a totally new OS architecture.
• PhantomGremlin 8y ago
  More than 17 years ago, Chairman Bill sent out his infamous memo on "Trustworthy Computing". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trustworthy_computing#Microsoft_and_Trustworthy_Computing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trustworthy_computing#Microsof... https://www.wired.com/2002/01/bill-gates-trustworthy-computing/ https://www.wired.com/2002/01/bill-gates-trustworthy-computi... Now, 17 years later, you're wondering if Microsoft shouldn't do better? Exactly how much time are you willing to give those clowns to clean up their act?