Originally posted here by KeyserSoze
They have tried to introduce security into an insecure system, and to do it, they had to change too many things. Starting from scratch is probably the best thing they can do, but then how pissed are people going to be when they can't run their old apps on it? How many developers are going to have to do a serious rewrite of their code?
Hi,


Actually this is quite amusing when you think of it in terms of the Internet. It was not designed with security in mind (or at least not what we mean by security) and I haven't heard anyone proposing we start it from scratch.


Also, MS is not the establishment. The establishment is everyone who is in this for commercial gain. The market ultimately determines security requirements whether we wish it too or not. The concept is one of 'acceptable losses' not total security. If a virus blows out your PC, it's not the end of the world. You clean it up and start over - or pay someone to do it for you.

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