It makes perfectly good sense for a business, any business, to try to win people over to their new product. The most telling thing, I think, about this article is in that first page: "Funny thing: I didn't see any really new technology that warranted an NDA. "But you've never seen all that technology put together like that, have you?" Asked/stated a Microsoft marketer."
It wasn't about new technology, or even new uses for old technology, it was about trying combine it in a way that was just unique enough to slap a new logo on it.
I won't be forced to pay MS any more money. They can kiss my...
"It makes perfectly good sense for a business, any business, to try to win people over to their new product"
Completely agree. MS, like any other business, has to do that in order to remain afloat.
"Howard claimed IIS is now more secure than Apache (as witnessed by number of patches, a measure with which many might quarrel) and Vista is the most secure version of Windows ever, so secure that you may not even need antivirus software for it."
Heh, I'd like to know what this dude's smoking...
Seriesly, saying that Vista is secure enough not to need antivirus software is like saying your house is secure when in reality, all the doors are unlocked, all your valuables are in plain sight in the living room, and you have a huge sign out in the yard that says ROB THIS HOUSE!!!
Vista is the most secure version of Windows ever. It's so secure even you aren't even allowed to run it.
I don't plan on running Vista.
When I have to upgrade my computers I plan on going Mac.
Until that time XP will do.