Michael Hipp wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "dep" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- can ease of use be achieved > > without compromising security? -- i do not know, and neither does > > microsoft, because it's never been a concern of theirs. nor do they > > intend for it to be, because their idea is to own your computer, its > > connections, and its contents. > > If the leaked Gates' email is to be believed, MS is now security's best > friend. It will be interesting to observe if they really can shift their > focus from featuritis to quality & reliability. I'm not betting on it. As it > would require the abandonment of a very successful strategy that now > stretches into decades. > > FWIW, as a fifteen-year customer of MS and mostly satisfied one. I have > decided to boycott XP - it's just intolerable. Worst UI design I've ever > seen. And to have been marketed as the most stable OS ever, they missed that > mark worse than they missed the ship date of "Chicago". Nevermind this > licensing scheme that requires your machine to periodically request > permission from Redmond to continue functioning. I hope the backlash from > all that turns into torches and pitchforks in the IS departments.
I've never been exposed to XP (from what I hear I should follow that with a "phew!"). This is a fact then, that XP has yearly licensing? In both home and pro versions that actually does network license checks? Does this mean that after a year, the OS stops? Sometimes things like this get exaggerated, and since I only have second hand hearsay, I'd like to confirm if this is true or not. -- Linux SxS [http://sxs.webhop.net] _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
