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Any Windows product/system is a liability. I'm not sure how to put this lightly. It was designed to create a monopoly first before any other goal. And it's not

Any Windows product/system is a liability. I'm not sure how to put this lightly. It was designed to create a monopoly first before any other goal. And it's not that the alternatives are perfect, but Windows is as secure as swiss cheese.

666satanhimself 3y ago
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Rygian 3y ago
> as secure as swiss cheese In IT security jargon, the "Swiss cheese" model is a good practice: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_cheese_model https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_cheese_model
nyolfen 3y ago
this is not windows
lostmsu 3y ago
> Any Windows product/system is a liability. A self-evident realization: every single product/system is a liability.
TheRealDunkirk 3y ago
I know this is a bit of a thread jack, but this same attitude now playing out on Xbox in the console space. The recent FTC attempt to block the Activision merger surfaced emails saying that they were just going to outspend Sony to further consolidate and buy a higher position in the market, because they can. There's nothing in any of Microsoft's revealed communications over the years where they ever seem to aspire to make better products. I mean, sure, obviously, there are pockets inside the company, but that has never seemed to be the purview of the board or the executives. If there's a thought leader in there somewhere who had passion to make great products like Jobs, I can't think of who it would be. I almost feel bad for Microsoft, and I say this as a Microsoft-hater and Linux zealot who ran it on the desktop for 19 years before switching to Mac. It's the legacy backward-compatibility that makes Windows so attractive to a lot of organizations which makes it so vulnerable. OTOH, corporate IT divisions love it because Microsoft lets them do all sorts of stupid things to it, like prevent me from changing the desktop background, so it's kind of a deserved punishment.
nashashmi 3y ago
Heartbleed did not affect windows.

666satanhimself 3y ago

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Rygian 3y ago

> as secure as swiss cheese In IT security jargon, the "Swiss cheese" model is a good practice: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_cheese_model https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_cheese_model

nyolfen 3y ago

this is not windows

lostmsu 3y ago

> Any Windows product/system is a liability. A self-evident realization: every single product/system is a liability.

TheRealDunkirk 3y ago

I know this is a bit of a thread jack, but this same attitude now playing out on Xbox in the console space. The recent FTC attempt to block the Activision merger surfaced emails saying that they were just going to outspend Sony to further consolidate and buy a higher position in the market, because they can. There's nothing in any of Microsoft's revealed communications over the years where they ever seem to aspire to make better products. I mean, sure, obviously, there are pockets inside the company, but that has never seemed to be the purview of the board or the executives. If there's a thought leader in there somewhere who had passion to make great products like Jobs, I can't think of who it would be. I almost feel bad for Microsoft, and I say this as a Microsoft-hater and Linux zealot who ran it on the desktop for 19 years before switching to Mac. It's the legacy backward-compatibility that makes Windows so attractive to a lot of organizations which makes it so vulnerable. OTOH, corporate IT divisions love it because Microsoft lets them do all sorts of stupid things to it, like prevent me from changing the desktop background, so it's kind of a deserved punishment.

nashashmi 3y ago

Heartbleed did not affect windows.