Microsoft: Vista Most Secure OS Ever

BetaNews ^ | 06/15/2006 | Nate Mook, Tim Conneally

[steve-b]

Microsoft senior vice president Bob Muglia opened up TechEd 2006 in Boston Sunday evening by proclaiming that Windows Vista was the most secure operating system in the industry. But a bold statement can only go so far, and much of this week's conference has been spent reinforcing that point....

[Still Thinking]

mu = micro
snot = my snotty way of saying "soft"

[Leatherneck_MT]

LOL Yeah right

[antiRepublicrat]

and not by company execs who will have to backpedal pretty hard if vista gets hit in the first few months after release..

First few months? Vista has already had several exploits and it's months from release.

[A Cyrenian]

A Mainframer if ever I heard one. Keep on keepin on.

[rzeznikj at stout]

Wait a sec--Didn't some MS bigwig say that XP was the most secure OS ever right before it came out?

And then all the bugs came out...

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

DOS 3.3 was the most stable OS by Microsoft.
It was also the last written in machine language.

[grey_whiskers]

And OS/400.

[ProudGOP]

The biggest problem with Linux, in my opinion, is that there is no one Linux, there are dozens of distributions. The average user doesn't want, and probably isn't qualified, to weigh the pros and cons of different distros. They want to install Linux period.

I know that some may view this as an advantage since different distros can be tailored to different needs. However, I don't think the average user would see it that way. If Linux weren't so fragmented, I think it could generate more momentum.

[webstersII]

"Core O/S -- 2 Gig. with no services turned on."

Are you serious? This is supposed to be the version which would remove all the bloat from previous versions.

[bmwcyle]

We will see. I waiting for the big on stage demo when the computer crashes.

[webstersII]

"Most secure OS ?? surely Billy boy's heard of MVS and RACF.."

Actually he is probably right. See, what he's saying is that it's the most secure version ever released to help the music industry and Hollyweird fight illegal downloads, with the DRM built right into the O/S. This will probably work well enough to make Hollyweird happy, which is all they care about. Security for the individual is not that big a priority anyway.

[Terpfen]

The mainstream media does not want you to know about Linux.

More accurately, the mainstream media does not know about Linux. But that's not a big loss--Linux has a long time left to bake before it becomes a viable contender to the desktop.

The best breakdown of computer OS distribution would ideally be OS X on the home desktop, Linux or BSD on servers, and a severely locked-down Windows at most businesses.

[bigdcaldavis]

What a coincidence. I'm using Xandros on my laptop. Everything works great...even the dial-up modem and the wifi.

[bigdcaldavis]

Actually, the mainstream media DOES know about Linux...they just choose to cherry-pick exactly when and where they'll mention it. CNN Headline News actually had a live interview with Michael Robertson of Lindows (now Linspire). I think the only reason they decided to interview Robertson was because of Microsoft suing Lindows over the Lindows name. Plus, msnbc.com reviewed Linspire Five-0 on their site last year (gave it a positive review). Now if they could have been considered mainstream media, TechTV frequently talked about Linux. Marcel Gagne actually appeared on an edition of "Call For Help" last year on G4. But lately G4 has been moving away from games and computers in an attempt to be a Spike TV rip-off.

I'm gonna attempt to do in-depth research on the mainstream media's coverage of Linux. I'm gonna research on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and so on. What I find, I will post here.