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RE: The home user problem returns
From: jseymour () linxnet com (Jim Seymour)
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 07:44:30 -0400 (EDT)
"Bill Royds" <bill () royds net> wrote:
One of the main problems with MS Operating Systems is that one must run as root (administrator) to make it useful since a local user can't even use things like USB ports since they require admin privileges to connect.
[snip] Yes, I know. We've tried, at work, to limit users to non-admin privileges and often found ourselves having to give 'em admin privs in the end :/. <rant> What in the Wide, Wide World of Sports is freakin' *wrong* with those people over at Microsoft? After all these years, they *still* can't seem to get it right. It's almost as if they looked at all the good, sane practices implemented by other operating systems, applications, and IT professionals and said "We'll do it the other way." </rant> Even if MS did get its head out of its posterior (I'm not holding my breath), I still maintain that a general purpose operating system is not appropriate for an appliance--which is what MS, in this instance, is marketing their product as to the general public. For an appliance, you have to think "something nor more involved than a refrigerator, kitchen stove, washing machine or automobile." When Wintel PeeCees first started replacing X-Terminals in my workplace, people thought my objection was anti-MS/anti-Windows bias. "No," I explained, "I'd be little happier if what was replacing the X-terms was desktop Linux or Solaris boxes. A general purpose OS on every desktop decreases reliability, decreases security, and increases maintenance and expense." Jim _______________________________________________ firewall-wizards mailing list firewall-wizards () honor icsalabs com http://honor.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards
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