Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 22nd Oct 2009 12:52 UTC
It's October 22 today. A completely random date in the grand scheme of things (we Dutch lost a big naval battle to the Ming dynasty on October 22 1633), but it also happens to be the release date of the newest version of Windows - Windows 7. Since Windows is still the most popular desktop operating system out there, this is pretty big news.
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2005-08-11
(Like the linked article said.)
But if you want: The default install of Windows 7 is insecure compared to Vista, Linux, OpenSolaris, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, DragonBSD and OSX (and a few others.)
BECAUSE every program the user runs can effectivly gain admin right without any problems (read Thoms article again if you think that is just "a hair less".
( Better read it twice. Just to be sure. ))
I use FreeBSD, and Linux, and for most users, they are non-starters (takes too long to get a BSD system into a workable desktop) OS X is safer, not really more secure. No normal user would even know where to begin with OpenSolaris, and Vista was universally panned by users and critics. Sometimes tradeoffs are made,a nd for the right reasons. People complained about UAC, that's a fact.
Windows 7 is almost universally claimed to be the "Vista that should have been", so what we lose with this little insecurity (mitigated from the RC going forward) we gain in a much more usable desktop.