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Vista: Implications For Open Source
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006
Bill Thompson, a respected technology commentator, voiced some of his thoughts about Vista’s 
security measures earlier today. He believes this Microsoft product could be something very important - "the point at which the ongoing argument between two very different models of how software should be developed and maintained is finally resolved."
"With Vista Microsoft is taking much greater control over key aspects of the way users’ computers run - especially when it comes to security," Thompson stated. "This will highlight the differences between the closed development model advocated by Microsoft and the approach taken by free and open source software developers like the people behind GNU/Linux or the Firefox browser."
Microsoft’s approach to security is such that "it may be locking many security vendors out of Vista, and as a result it will be under extreme pressure to deliver a completely secure system. If it fails and Vista security is cracked we will only have Microsoft to blame." Vista s Implications For Open Source
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