Windows Week in Review:
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A weekly podcast covering Microsoft Windows news and events. Includes analysis on Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Exchange, as well as the latest security and patch updates, systems management issues and more.
April 18th, 2008 by dnielson
This week, hear the latest on SP3s for SQL Server 2005 and Windows XP, plus info on the latest Windows flaw making the rounds.
Highlights:
(0:36) SQL Server 2005 SP3 on the way
(2:03) XP SP3 release date announced
(2:41) Gartner predicting the death of Windows
(4:55) Booby-trapped file circulating around the Web
(6:42) Microsoft eyeing back-to-basics approach to security
Other news this week:
System Center making strides, but still second string in big shops
Microsoft buffs image of openness, one deal at a time
Is third time the charm for XP and SQL service packs? [8:31m]:
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Posted: April 18th, 2008 under Security, SQL Server, Windows XP, Service packs, Windows security.
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Never cut Microsoft short on brains. To do so is obsurd. In fact - Microsoft is using the Linux craze to build up a “windfall” environment for it’s Linux look alike new version of Windows. Microsoft for sure has the ability to put a full blown 64bit OS on the market and it will be stripped of anything even vaguely appearing to be Windows. An all “OLD” design with modern technology. I believe the next version of a “Hardened” version of Microsoft Windows will resemble MacIntosh or Linux or Microsoft’s own “XP”. A GUI is not hard to build for Microsoft…duh — and whipping one up that will sit across a “VERY” hardended OS is pretty simple. Linux is a good example of that. Duh - build a OS without any ports open. What a concept. That is where Linux was at first and that’s why it appears so hard. Soon Windows will appear like KDE and GNOME which are the primary GUI’s for the Linux kernel. If you think that Microsoft can’t do this - you are very sadly mistaken. Within days of this comment - Microsoft could have a full blown “Hardened Server” system on the market that looks just like a blank GUI just like NT4 looked like and another version of XP that is stripped of it’s overhead - and slam dunk Linux all to hell. After all — these two accomplishments are what the various companies distributing their color of the Linux kernel and their alterations of the appearance of Gnome and KDE are doing. Microsoft is downsizing its kernels at this moment anyhow. Expanding Windows to the “Maximum” was an experiment in technology anyhow. It needs to be known just how big and cumbersome of an OS can be built, safeguarded and used in the world and still maintain security. Well, Microsoft was the only one with enough money to do that experiment…the Microsoft base just went along with the plan…with maybe being forced to eat their veggies along the way at various times. But, Downsizing the kernel - do ya really think that Microsoft has only huge cumbersome plans for huge cumbersome OS’s that don’t do well? Do ya think they became the richest and most famous software company by simply being stupid? Microsoft already owns licenses to Unix and System V to build any version of BSD like OS flavors it wants. It can mimic anything OS that is in the world and do it legally. Do ya really think they haven’t thought of these things years ago?
My prediction:
Microsoft’s next OS will blow Linux and Unix flavors out of the water and will be so security enabled that it will be like turning on a television and communications will be like turning on a television channel. Trying to scavenge off it will be almost impossible because security scrambles will be so fast that no other machine can unscramble the channel.
Thanks
Comment by jake4pizza — April 18, 2008 @ 4:12 pm