Re: [LUAU] Windows Vista will be an improvement in security and stability...

2006-03-06 Thread Hawaii Linux Institute
JFor those who may have an inclination to move to Vista, I strongly suggest considering SuSE 10.x. I know, I know, this breaches one of the most sacred Commandments in Linux (Thou Shalt not talk about distros, in addition to Thou Shalt not talk about KDE/GNOME). A few months ago, I had a

Re: [LUAU] Windows Vista will be an improvement in security and stability...

2006-03-02 Thread Tim Newsham
Windows Vista In Vista, it should be much more difficult for unauthorized programs (like Viruses and Trojans) to affect the core of the OS and secretly harm your system. - http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1931914,00.asp To their credit, Microsoft has been dumping more resources into

Re: [LUAU] Windows Vista will be an improvement in security and stability...

2006-03-01 Thread Peter Besenbruch
The consumer market is trained to demand something brand new and flashy. See also the 'disappointment' to Apple's recent announcement. The Windows market demands new features and therefore new code and therefore the accompanying new security holes/risks. Linux on the other hand follows a

Re: [LUAU] Windows Vista will be an improvement in security and stability...

2006-03-01 Thread Jim Thompson
Peter Besenbruch wrote: The consumer market is trained to demand something brand new and flashy. why else would they keep spending money on the same thing in a new package? See also the 'disappointment' to Apple's recent announcement. The Windows market demands new features and therefore