Re: Some Kudos for Dell

You and I can read the white papers, but the regular everyday consumer on the
street often does not have access to them. Today, with the overwhelming push to
consumer-oriented computers and essentially a market saturation of computers in
businesses, probably 90% of the computers sold today are to the consumer. To
make the OS as secure as possible Windows can be, new computers should come out
of the box with everything locked down securely, with simple easy-to-explain
steps for the non-geek to follow to make the tradeoff between more secure and
more open in usage. All this, followed by the installation of some hardware (a
router with NAT) and a plethora of non-Microsoft products to close up the holes.

As long as my SOHO clients use the software and follow the rules I've set up for
them (like not visiting porn, gambling, and free offer web sites), their systems
do not get compromised either.

And, of course, one can never mitigate the security issues caused by
architectural deficiencies in Windows. Sorry, but Microsoft is negligent, plain
and simple. Flame me, if you want... Ben Myers

On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 20:13:28 GMT, Leythos <void@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>In article <42fbab98.19059964@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, ben_myers_spam_me_not @
>charter.net (Ben Myers) says...
>> the gaping security holes in the Windows
>> operating system, especially now with Internet Explorer tightly integrated into
>> the OS, cry out about the gross negligence of Microsoft in foisting off its
>> shabby products onto the public.
>
>Ben, I hate to disagree, but, while Windows does allow users to be
>easily compromised, you can also easily configure it as a secure OS and
>have it run for years at a time without crashes.
>
>I've been installing Windows based workstations and servers for as long
>as they've been available and never had a single installation
>compromised while following our methods/rules. Microsoft even provides
>white-papers on how to setup and run a secure workstation/network for
>free.
>
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