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| Thread ID: 78151 | 2007-04-05 04:39:00 | Another Vista crack: more bad news for Microsoft DRM | Chris Keall (10417) | Press F1 |
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| 538401 | 2007-04-05 22:25:00 | So why is Vista such a target for hackers when it only has about 3% market share? I thought hackers were only interested in operating systems which have over 90% market share such as XP? Just because they can, and because if it gets rid of DRM then it's a good thing. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 538402 | 2007-04-05 23:04:00 | With Vista now bearing the brunt of crackers' attack, at least computers of older Operating System are spared. :D Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 538403 | 2007-04-05 23:19:00 | Believe what ever you want I guess. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 538404 | 2007-04-05 23:39:00 | Just because people can hack Vista doesn't mean that it is going to get rid of the crappy DRM that is part of the operation which is a pity really. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 538405 | 2007-04-08 03:59:00 | So why is Vista such a target for hackers blogs.zdnet.com Gates “dares anybody” to exploit Vista Now if some smary ********* dared me, I would too. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 538406 | 2007-04-08 04:21:00 | And of course no matter how many insecurities Winmacguy suffers from Vista is the biggest thing in the entire IT world right now, It is the target, Market share will come in due time. | Metla (12) | ||
| 538407 | 2007-04-08 06:57:00 | It is the target, Market share will come in due time. Vista is indeed a target, and irrespective of it's market share, is not standing up to being probed. I'd hate to see what happens when it gets to 30 or 40% market share towards the end of the year. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 538408 | 2007-04-08 07:16:00 | No doubt it will follow much the same pattern as XP, though the timeline is another story, Lets hopes its much shorter. With XP we had minor drips and drabs causing a mild fuss for a year or so, Then we had some system killing exploits (blaster worm for example) spread around the world, then we had Spyware open Slather for a year or two, where unsuspecting machines worldwide were saturated with rubbish and malicious software, All helped along by the unsuspecting user installing apps such as Kazzaa in the millions, Hotbar, smilie packs, and hundreds of other wildly popular bits of software which were a front for spyware and adware, Plus all the exploits (or in MS speak "Features) intergrated into Internet Explorer, The funny thing being it didnt really matter is the malicious code asked the user if they wanted it installed or not, Millions selected yes after being offered the likes of cheap airfares. They got what they deserved. However..The tide has turned, On the one hand users have had to wise up, MS have managed to patch enough of their code to stem the flow, and those users incapable of using a PC on the internet have either given up (no doubt blaming everything apart from there own short comings) or switched to the Mac platform. So all is good, XP has matured into an excellent product, and the really stupid users have been weeded out. Lets all do it again with Vista....lmfao. Seriously though, The nature of the beast is now known, Its now just a matter of seeing what plan of attack it takes, I cant see it desending into the meyhem that XP was 2 or 3 years ago, Though most of that can be blamed on Internet Explorer, The single most retarded piece of software ever made available. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 538409 | 2007-04-08 08:34:00 | Well put there Metla. I would imagine that there will be a few more general home users, scientists, researchers, universities, engineers and music producers who move over to Mac before market share percentages start to level out a bit towards something like a 80% Windows - 15% Mac - 5% Linux split. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 538410 | 2007-04-08 08:46:00 | I cant see the Mac numbers increasing, Personally I think they have already peaked, If Linux and Apple failed to make any significant gains when XP was in its poorest shape then they have no chance of doing so when MS has a new product on the market (whether or not this is warrented is irrilivent) The Mac still has no other advantage (and plenty of disadvantages) over the Windows platform apart from lack of active expoits, and as indicated by my prior post the end user is as much to blame as anyone else for the mess they make out of a Windows PC. Although I still can't see why market share matters to anyone apart from the number crunchers, If any of the products disapeared overnight only the fanboys would care. Bye bye Linux Bye Bye Apple Bye Bye MS You all suck equally. |
Metla (12) | ||
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