Microsoft's emphasis on improvements to security features in Windows Vista may have undermined business adoption of the OS, as many business and enterprise customers are still holding off on upgrading to the OS nearly a year after its release to them.
Microsoft spent a good deal of time and money to ensure Vista's security after Windows XP and applications running on it proved susceptible to devastating worms like Blaster, Slammer and MyDoom. Though Microsoft released Windows XP Service Pack 2 to remedy some vulnerabilities, the company decided that security would be a top priority for the next major Windows release, said George Stathakopoulos, general manager of Microsoft's Response and Product Centers. "The security part of Vista was talked about a lot because it was a primary concern all over the world," he said.
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Microsoft spent a good deal of time and money to ensure Vista's security after Windows XP and applications running on it proved susceptible to devastating worms like Blaster, Slammer and MyDoom. Though Microsoft released Windows XP Service Pack 2 to remedy some vulnerabilities, the company decided that security would be a top priority for the next major Windows release, said George Stathakopoulos, general manager of Microsoft's Response and Product Centers. "The security part of Vista was talked about a lot because it was a primary concern all over the world," he said.
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Not that made much of a difference to Apple, who still claims it's not secure and now it's just less user friendly.
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000803.html
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000803.html
I don't have any of those problems. I'm running Ubuntu and that only has it where it is actually needed, not on just about every key stroke under Vista.... Remember that Apple ad about UAC? Well, it was one that actually get it right.
I can almost guarantee you that most people will click yes, not knowing why they care clicking yes (clicking on it to get rid of the bo
MS did blow some things out with UAC like moving/pasting shortcuts in the Start Menu. Normally you need UAC for this, why the heck? other than this, i think it was right to build it.
I never use UAC but mortals needed it for their own sake.
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