Posted on 08/08/2005 8:44:58 PM PDT by kerrywearsbotox
CHICAGO, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Microsoft Corp. is releasing a beta version of Windows Vista, its latest operating system -- said to be impervious to most network hackers -- and the accompanying server software is anticipated later this year, experts told UPI's Networking.
According to Microsoft, one of Vista's primary features is its network access protection. Often, worms and viruses attack an internal corporate network via mobile PCs -- and handhelds -- that lack the latest security updates or virus signatures. With Vista, mobile computing users will be prevented from linking to a corporate network until they have installed all of the latest security software and met other "security criteria," the company said in a statement. By Gene Koprowski
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Very good.... :)
> ... mobile computing users will be prevented from linking
> to a corporate network until they have installed all of
> the latest security software and met other "security
> criteria," the company said in a statement.
Translation:
* subscription-based licensing
* mandatory updates (even if breaks your drivers/apps)
* even more work for your IT people (who can adequately
secure you today, without Mr.Bill's "help")
* computing chaos and utter destruction of productivity
* mass migration to Linux
What happened to Longhorn? I had a beta version of it a year ago, and I was not impressed. Is MS just going to skip it?
Additional translation: Kiss your blackberries and Palm Treos goodbye. Bill wants you to use PC based "smart" phones.
>>What happened to Longhorn? I had a beta version of it a year ago, and I was not impressed. Is MS just going to skip it?<<
I could be wrong, but I think longhorn has been renamed Vista.
famous last words....
Hurray for those with H1b's, sucks for me though.
Longhorn was the codename, like Chicago was the codename of Windows 95.
People need to understand, the Microsoft OS isn't the big problem, it is the lack of action or knowledge (configuration) by end users and administrators.
> What happened to Longhorn?
This is it.
MS had taken so much out of it, compared to the original
blue-sky plan, that everyone was calling it "Shorthorn".
So they needed to paint the pig and give it a new name.
Thanks for the info. The longhorn beta I had required 5GB to install and it was slower than you know what on a P4 2.6 Ghz machine with 2 GB memory. I couldn't imagine what kind of hardware they were expecting it to run on. 4 or 5 hours of use didn't reveal many innovations that I could see either. I had a few of my buddies check it out, and they had the same impression I had about it.
You forgot to add intentional disabling of multimedia unless you bow to the fascist "Digital Rights Management" and pop for a new monitor as well as other hardware.
"Vista" is the official name for what was known as Longhorn.
It looks like an illegitimate child of MacOS X and Gnome, behaves like HAL 9000 on quaaludes, and has the ethics of an ACLU lawyer when it comes to your privacy on your own personal computer.
Sure...sign me up.
NOT!
64 bit might become a good reason someday.
All those holes needing to be plugged, all those inept and insecure default settings... yeah, that's the problem of "end users" and not Microsoft.
Curious: How much is Gates' paying you to post on boards, write letters to the editor and otherwise act as a 'seminar caller' for the convicted illegal Monopoly? He's done it before, which you would know, if you followed the anti-trust cases.
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