Gartner: Antitrust changes in Vista to take years

Posted By: BryanF | Oct 21st, 2006 @ 4:29 PM
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#Oct 21st, 2006 @ 4:29 PM
BryanF
BryanF
Via CNet.

I know the whole PatchGuard thing has probably been done to death here, but there's a passage in the article outrageous enough that it seemed reviving the topic:

The Article wrote:
"Our goal is to provide an initial set of documented, supported kernel interfaces in the Windows Vista SP1 (Service Pack 1) timeframe, recognizing that this will require collaboration from our industry partners," Ben Fathi, the outgoing corporate vice president of Microsoft’s Security Technology Unit said in a statement late Thursday.

Gartner expects SP1 to be released in early 2008 and predicts that more programming interfaces related to the kernel will be delivered with SP2 or later. All these changes could have a negative effect on Vista, MacDonald wrote.

"Any kernel changes may have a 'ripple effect' up the software stack and will require retesting of all of Windows Vista applications," he wrote.
The last paragraph is the punchline.

I can't understand why anyone gives analysts money... Expressionless
#Oct 22nd, 2006 @ 2:09 AM
littleguru
littleguru
<3 Seattle
CNet again. Please don't quote them Wink
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