Last year I wrote an article titled “After Windows 7: What Microsoft Should Do” and gave my opinions of what Microsoft might have up their sleeve for the version coming after Windows 7’s release later this year. Here’s a slight update to those predictions.
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After Windows 7: Update
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Recently there has been some buzz as to what Microsoft has up their sleeves for Windows 7, the next version of Windows after the somewhat botched Vista release. Some of the features seem to be mostly evolutionary from those of Vista. Most of the features, though, have yet to be announced. So, what should Microsoft focus on after they get Windows 7 out the door?
Linux and Closed Source: Skype
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In the first edition of Linux and Closed Source, I discussed nVidia’s closed source drivers. This edition will focus on the Voice-Over-IP application Skype. Skype was initially released in August of 2003, and in the 5 years since then it has becoming the most used VOIP software on any platform with over 300 million users worldwide. Telephones have even been built around the Skype technology, and eBay thought so much about the technology that they purchased it in 2005. Skype is closed source.
Adobe and Linux
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Recently, John C. Dvorak, columnist with MarketWatch posed an interesting challenge: Adobe could fend off Microsoft by embracing Linux. Well, first off, his rationale behind his was moreso a response to Microsoft’s Silverlight technology. Microsoft is attempting to build a replacement for Adobe’s venerable Flash player, a technology thousands upon thousands of websites use to serve dynamic animation and information. Dvorak then made the statement that Adobe should port their CS Suite to Linux.
Malware
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ArsTechnica posted an article about malware. It described how hackers and malware companies have altered their delivery and execution of malware over the course of the last few years. It also went into some of economic aspects of malware distribution and the reason its still a popular choice for hackers.
I’d like to discuss the topmost reason malware still exhibits a problem for both home and corporate users. Microsoft Windows. Secure Computing has some statistics about malware, collected during specified date ranges. The report dated 8/01/07 to 8/31/07 shows some interesting figures. Ninety-seven percent of the new malware found is in the form of Windows Executable code. From my point of view, two things are causing this. And I will explain both. Read more »
