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Microsoft: Vista feature designed to 'annoy users' | Tech News on ZDNet
by bucy at 8:27 pm EDT, Apr 12, 2008 |
"The reason we put UAC into the (Vista) platform was to annoy users--I'm serious," said Cross, speaking at the RSA Conference here Thursday. "Most users had administrator privileges on previous Windows systems and most applications needed administrator privileges to install or run." Cross claimed that annoying users had been part of a Microsoft strategy to force independent software vendors (ISVs) to make their code more secure, as insecure code would trigger a prompt, discouraging users from executing the code.
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RE: Microsoft: Vista feature designed to 'annoy users' | Tech News on ZDNet
by Vile at 6:10 pm EDT, Apr 13, 2008 |
bucy wrote: "The reason we put UAC into the (Vista) platform was to annoy users--I'm serious," said Cross, speaking at the RSA Conference here Thursday. "Most users had administrator privileges on previous Windows systems and most applications needed administrator privileges to install or run." Cross claimed that annoying users had been part of a Microsoft strategy to force independent software vendors (ISVs) to make their code more secure, as insecure code would trigger a prompt, discouraging users from executing the code.
I think you were also designed to annoy users, boozy. |
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RE: Microsoft: Vista feature designed to 'annoy users' | Tech News on ZDNet
by freakn at 9:49 pm EDT, Apr 13, 2008 |
bucy wrote: Cross claimed that annoying users had been part of a Microsoft strategy to force independent software vendors (ISVs) to make their code more secure, as insecure code would trigger a prompt, discouraging users from executing the code.
What I have seen clients (who use expensive, custom packages) do is downgrade back to XP as opposed to put pressure on the vendor to make better software. |
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