" But when Microsoft wants to, say, create a new API for something, they just do, and abandon the old one, and everyone else has to play catchup"
Hmm, that's odd.. I guess I haven't seen those multitude of Technet articles that list API's/methods as "deprecated" yet still function for some time prior to their retirement so that app vendors have time to transition. I didn't realize they just turned them off one day, and that compatibility with existing code base mattered to them. Thanks. -sc > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 11:52 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: WTF? Fake AV > > On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 11:27 AM, John Aldrich > <[email protected]> wrote: > > If the Microsoft security model is so good, why did it take them so > > long to make it harder to run as a local admin by default? > > It's not the Windows security model, but rather, Microsoft's apathy and lack > of clue which has led to so many security problems on 'doze. > > NT supported everything you needed to secure a system in 1993. > Microsoft didn't think security was important so they didn't bother. > > Microsoft apologists blame this on the software vendors, saying Microsoft > couldn't do that because software vendors don't corporate. > But when Microsoft wants to, say, create a new API for something, they just > do, and abandon the old one, and everyone else has to play catchup. When > hardware doesn't work with Vista, the same Microsoft apologists blame the > hardware vendors for not publishing updated drivers. You can't have it both > ways. Microsoft *could* have made security a priority. They didn't. > > Several major Microsoft products (Office, Visual Studio) have has trouble > with admin rights. I remember parts of Office 2000 didn't work right without > special permissions. When challenged that the Win > 2000 logo (which O2K had) said that was a problem, Microsoft's response was > that it didn't count. A similar thing happened with Visual Studio 2008. It's > good to be the king -- you get to ignore your own laws. > > I've read that most people within Microsoft run with admin rights on their > local PC. > > Microsoft's come a long way, but I still think there are large factions within > Microsoft that don't get security. You end up with the security people > fighting having to policing their own app people, or whatever. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
