WinNetMag thinks is better than Gartner
In a mail received today, WinNetMag is bashing Gartner for stating things like “in 2005, Windows will reach industry standards average for server software”.
Gartner feels that Windows 2000 is left behind, a thing that is clear from my point of view: I heard that Windows 2003 includes some super-secure settings that allow its usage as a usual computer (you know, browsing in Internet Exploder, reading mail with Outlook Express etc.). This code has been wrote at least about 6 months ago. Its inclusion in Windows 2003 and the statements that these settings are a step ahead reads “these settings were necessary - before them, Windows was insecure”. The fact that those weren’t included in Service Pack 4 for Windows 2000 and in any other security update means that Windows 2000 is left behind. As long as these updates are not available for Windows 2000 means I’m left behind, Mr. Thurrott, means that I’m running an insecure computer, that catches Blaster from the internal network during installation, though I use an Windows CD with SP4 integrated.
Don’t give me crap about MS plans to do something in the future: this delay spells to me a forced upgrade.
I received a neuronal simulator written for DOS and I have to run it in a DOS emulator from Sourceforge. Should I upgrade to see more software rended useless?
Mr. Paul Thurrott, another incompetent in the so-called IT journalism, running his laptop on Windows XP, he thinks he understands any OS from presentations and brochures, stating once in a week that MS should drop Windows NT, perhaps because its skins weren’t as nice as XP’s. Get real, install Windows 2000 and live a week with it, then write.