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RE: Misplaced flamewar... WAS: RE: in case nobody else noticed it, there was a mail worm released today
- From: Michel Py
- Date: Thu Jan 29 10:40:12 2004
> kenw@kmsi.net wrote:
> But, regardless, Win2K and WinXP do have restricted-user
> modes that tie this stuff down quite well. They tend to
> be used in corporate environments.
Indeed, and the one reason being that the last thing the IT staff wants
is users installing apps, because even if the user is not installing a
worm or Trojan, installing software inevitably generates
incompatibilities and demand for more support.
> But for home users, it gets to be a pain in the butt,
> because it prevents a lot of things users want to do,
> like installing games, multimedia apps and spyware.
Yep. In XP home, it's easy to have several users on the same machine but
by default they all have administrative rights.
> doug@nanog.con.com wrote:
> Microsoft software is inherently less safe than
> Linux/*BSD software.
> This is because Microsoft has favored usability
> over security.
> This is because the market has responded better
> to that tradeoff.
> This is because your mom doesn't want to have to
> hire a technical consultant to manage her IT
> infrastructure when all she wants to do is get
> email pictures of her grandkids.
Exactly.
Michel.
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