On Tuesday 28 November 2006 14:58, Jim Davis wrote: > > http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/30/1941243 > > "Microsoft will omit anti-virus protection in Vista" > > And if they had included it they would have sued for monopolistic > practices.
I didn't say not doing so was a bad thing :-) I do think it's a bad thing that rather than fix the problem, they are pushing users into paying for their sticky plaster via OneCare. > Yes... he feels able to leave a 7-year old, in lockdown mode, on a machine > with no Virus protection. He has much, much, *much* more faith than I have in Vista then. > It's saying that the lockdown mode (a reduced functionality mode unable to > install software, launch system tools, make registry changes, restricts > users to a white-list of websites, etc) is good enough (in his opinion) to > keep a PC "safe" when used by a (presumably) non-malicious user. The maliciousness (or not) of the person sat in front of a Windows machine is not what bothers me, most of the time. /me glares at spam email box > > And I notice IE7 being shoved down my unwilling throat this morning, > > hurrah :-( > > Good. It's a great browser with a tremendously better rendering engine > than previous versions. The sooner it replaces older versions the better. Pity it looks aweful and is a pain to use then. -- Tom Chiverton Helping to elementarily administrate value-added IPOs **************************************************** This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address is at St James's Court Brown Street Manchester M2 2JF. A list of members is available for inspection at the registered office. Any reference to a partner in relation to Halliwells LLP means a member of Halliwells LLP. Regulated by the Law Society. CONFIDENTIALITY This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the addressee you must not read it and must not use any information contained in nor copy it nor inform any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its existence or contents. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 8008. For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.com. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:261880 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
