"Locking down" Microsoft's Products to me means destroying much of their usability. At the corporate level, it means that the user has no control over his computer. That may be just fine in a "normal" retail organization, but is folly in a research and development organization. The IT department has no concept of what the primary mission personnel do in a research and development organization, and simply stand in the way of the primary mission personnel doing their primary mission.
Fred Holmes At 04:03 PM 2/7/2010, tjpa wrote: >On Feb 7, 2010, at 2:18 PM, Tony B wrote: >>Congrats to Mr. Ormandy for finding it after 17 years, and kudos to >>MS for >>fixing it within a month. > >Lest we forget... > >"Microsoft is to pull out all the stops in a bid to lock down security >on its products, considered by many as the company's Achilles heel." >"Chairman and founder Bill Gates has called for a fundamental shift to >focus on improved security against hackers and viruses." > >"In a memo sent to the US firm's 47,000 employees, Mr Gates said that >locking down Microsoft's products, a strategy he has dubbed >'trustworthy computing', ... " and bla bla bla > >January 22, 2002 > > >************************************************************************* >** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
