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Re: Perhaps it's time to regulate Microsoft as Critical Infrastructure?
From: Rohit Patnaik <quanticle () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:05:15 -0600
Rafael, Well, either Windows will no longer exist, or Windows will be the only thing that will exist. Remember, very few people in the government have the necessary technical knowledge to evaluate operating systems accurately. Therefore, they will rely on private industry for input. In practice, this will mean that Microsoft will get to dictate the standards that every operating system must meet in order to be approved. -- Rohit Patnaik On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 4:07 AM, Rafael Moraes <rafael () bsd com br> wrote:
Valdis, That's the way!!!! The government must have a kind of protocol to allow OS to be released. I believe that Windows will no longer exist after that. LOL. 2010/1/25 <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu> On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:03:03 -0200, Rafael Moraes said:This is a subject that need to be discussed very carefully. I agree, It should be "controlled", but, how far?In particular, one must be *very* careful to not create unintended consequences. For instance, in general the more regulated an industry is, the more risk-adverse the companies get - both because regulation implies "don't rock the boat" and the second-order effects of compliance paperwork and similar issues. Look at the mountains of paperwork needed to get the FAA to type-certify a new airplane as airworthy - what if Microsoft had to do that level of detail for Windows 8, the next release of Exchange, and the next release of Office? How do you make Microsoft "regulated" in any meaningful sense, and still allow them the ability to ship an out-of-cycle patch?-- Att, Rafael Moraes Linux Professional Institute Certified - Level 1 ITIL Foundations Certified _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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- Re: Perhaps it's time to regulate Microsoft as Critical Infrastructure?, (continued)
- Re: Perhaps it's time to regulate Microsoft as Critical Infrastructure? Bipin Gautam (Jan 24)
- Re: Perhaps it's time to regulate Microsoft as Critical Infrastructure? Christian Sciberras (Jan 24)
- Re: Perhaps it's time to regulate Microsoft as Critical Infrastructure? Bipin Gautam (Jan 24)
- Re: Perhaps it's time to regulate Microsoft as Critical Infrastructure? omg wtf (Jan 25)
- Re: Perhaps it's time to regulate Microsoft as Critical Infrastructure? Rafael Moraes (Jan 25)
- Re: Perhaps it's time to regulate Microsoft as Critical Infrastructure? Rafael Moraes (Jan 25)
- Re: Perhaps it's time to regulate Microsoft as Critical Infrastructure? Valdis . Kletnieks (Jan 25)
- Re: Perhaps it's time to regulate Microsoft as Critical Infrastructure? Christian Sciberras (Jan 25)
- Re: Perhaps it's time to regulate Microsoft as Critical Infrastructure? Rafael Moraes (Jan 26)
- Re: Perhaps it's time to regulate Microsoft as Critical Infrastructure? Christian Sciberras (Jan 26)
- Re: Perhaps it's time to regulate Microsoft as Critical Infrastructure? Rohit Patnaik (Jan 26)
- Re: Perhaps it's time to regulate Microsoft as Critical Infrastructure? Kurt Buff (Jan 26)
- Re: Perhaps it's time to regulate Microsoft asCritical Infrastructure? Anders Klixbull (Jan 29)