Vista - Re: Microsoft extends XP downgrade rights date by six months

10-10-2008

On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:00:41 -0500, Bob I <birelan@xxxxxx> wrote:

Quote:

>
>just as the transition from a DOS based operating system to NT system
>prevented software that directly accessed hardware from working, so does
>the security changes in Vista prevent those software from accessing the
>the kernel. MS didn't break the software, it merely closed the security
>holes. That your software ceases to work should be taken up with the
>software provider tech support.

It's not "accessing the kernel" issues that cause many of the
problems. The issue is outright incompatibility in other parts of the
OS - often with MS's own application software. If developers were so
"wrong" to do what they did then one has to wonder why MS's own
software labs were doing many of the same things. The bottom line is
that they just didn't care about compatibility. In addition, instead
of building a secure OS, they put band aids on an old OS architecture
that has serious problems. Not to mention, they did break many other
things that use to work well, like networking.

There's a reason that most every large corporation forced their users
to upgrade to 95, then NT, then win2K, then XP - and that most of them
have specifically chosen NOT to upgrade to Vista. See if you can
figure out the why.

10-10-2008	#1 (permalink)
+Bob+ n/a posts	Re: Microsoft extends XP downgrade rights date by six months On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:00:41 -0500, Bob I <birelan@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > >just as the transition from a DOS based operating system to NT system >prevented software that directly accessed hardware from working, so does >the security changes in Vista prevent those software from accessing the >the kernel. MS didn't break the software, it merely closed the security >holes. That your software ceases to work should be taken up with the >software provider tech support. It's not "accessing the kernel" issues that cause many of the problems. The issue is outright incompatibility in other parts of the OS - often with MS's own application software. If developers were so "wrong" to do what they did then one has to wonder why MS's own software labs were doing many of the same things. The bottom line is that they just didn't care about compatibility. In addition, instead of building a secure OS, they put band aids on an old OS architecture that has serious problems. Not to mention, they did break many other things that use to work well, like networking. There's a reason that most every large corporation forced their users to upgrade to 95, then NT, then win2K, then XP - and that most of them have specifically chosen NOT to upgrade to Vista. See if you can figure out the why.
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