Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 18th May 2007 22:17 UTC
Some of the changes in the upcoming release of Windows Server 2008 are a response to features and performance advantages that have made Linux an attractive option to Microsoft customers. One of these is the fact that Linux has less of a surface area, which led customers to believe that Linux is inherently more secure, Bill Laing, the general manager for Microsoft's Windows Server division, told eWEEK. "Having less surface area does reduce the servicing and the amount of code you have running and exposed, so we have done a lot of work in 2008 to make the system more modular. There are more than 30 components not installed by default, which is a huge change," Laing said. "We also have server core, which doesn't have the GUI, so I would say that is a response to the options people had with Linux that they didn't have with Windows."
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2007-05-17
Unix group permissions? The Windows group and ACL permission system are pretty much better than the standard Unix group system. One major flaw I have found with the Unix group system is that you can't nest groups. Also, you can't get permissions like you can in Windows without POSIX ACL support in your file system.
I'm a huge linux supporter, running it as my primary desktop and server OS, but either I'm missing exactly what you mean there, or you're way off.
Of course ACLs are better than Unix permissions, but it's a complicated subject so they think they can get away with making up claims that sound smart to people who don't know any better, standard unix user tactic, I'd have thought everyone knew this by now.