They just left off the rest of the sentence, "...once everybody rewrites their apps to work with the new security model."
STUPID, STUPID, STUPID. And all at the feet of Microsoft, by design.
I read an article way back about the group that designed the dumb sleep/shut down/hibernate/etc menu. It's apparent that Microsoft's mismanagement and ponderous corporate structure with strained and slow communications are also largely to blame, not necessarily the programmers, and not necessarily by intentional design.
I know! I read that story too. It was by turns hilarious, pathetic, sad, and painful.
> They just left off the rest of the sentence, "...once everybody rewrites their apps to work with the new security model."
Yep. So many apps still have the old DOS "anything goes" model. Hell, our financial payroll application (PayChex) is one of those. It assumes the user is running with complete control of the computer. AARRGGGH!!
>> STUPID, STUPID, STUPID. And all at the feet of Microsoft, by design.
> I read an article way back about the group that designed the dumb sleep/shut down/hibernate/etc menu. It's apparent that Microsoft's mismanagement and ponderous corporate structure with strained and slow communications are also largely to blame, not necessarily the programmers, and not necessarily by intentional design.
[and Still Thinking said:]
> I know! I read that story too. It was by turns hilarious, pathetic, sad, and painful.
Precisely. I read it too.
The other "dot" to connect about Vista is to recall how many of the key technical and management people associated with the project, from Jim Allchin on down, QUIT Microsoft over Vista. They didn't want to be associated with it, wiped their hands, and walked away.
That's very telling. At Apple, the engineers want to sign the inside of the product with their names. At Microsoft, they want to back away and not get smeared too badly.