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01-May-2009, 10:14 AM #1
Yet another reason why Windows is Insecure
Microsoft Offers Secure Windows … But Only to the Government.

If Ballmer and M$ had any business sense at all, they would offer this secure configuration as its default standard release. Keeping your customers safe and seucre just makes really good business sense - and not just for the Government! This is a very good reason to NOT use Windows (ok, maybe for games, but nothing else - because it is not secure enough on its own).

It also happens to be a very good reason to use Unix/Linux as your desktop - i.e. it is inherently more secure (granted you have to enable iptables with rules).

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01-May-2009, 10:30 AM #2
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Microsoft Offers Secure Windows … But Only to the Government.

If Ballmer and M$ had any business sense at all, they would offer this secure configuration as its default standard release. Keeping your customers safe and seucre just makes really good business sense - and not just for the Government! This is a very good reason to NOT use Windows (ok, maybe for games, but nothing else - because it is not secure enough on its own).

It also happens to be a very good reason to use Unix/Linux as your desktop - i.e. it is inherently more secure (granted you have to enable iptables with rules).

-- Tom
And it only took two years for a team of MS experts to achieve this.
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