adam@thebowery.co.uk wrote:
It's cheaper than fixing the problem.
Possibly slightly harsh. Consider some points about this -
there are more virus' for Windows because its less secure. True - but when they sat down and designed the OS, ease of doing things as opposed to security level was on their minds.
I dispute this very heavily, from what I can make out the only thing that was on their minds while "designing" was making the most money for the least effort.
I disagree. I think there are (a few) very dedicated very intelligent operating system designers in Microsoft. Sure they might be outnumbered by $uit$ but parts of the system are very well designed. With something that complex, if it where not, it just wouldnt work. - even if it is just a couple of "graphic designers" in the basement of some outhouse, someone does actually go into work in the morning and says "hey, lets actually make this user friendly".
After all, with a coorperation made mostly of non-techi's, they're going to need something relaitivly simple....
J