Black Hat Party

There's a hacker convention taking place in Las Vegas. It's called Defcon 14. Location is the Riviera Hotel and Casino. The cost is 100 bucks at the door. I'd tolerate Vegas to attend this gathering, lol. So anyway, they can't even get the doors open and the news is broadcast that the new version of Windows, called Vista, has been hacked and exploited. Microsoft actually supplied the operating system. You can read more about this at ZDNet.

Is the largest, most successful software company trying to commit financial suicide? Or do they think that we are so stupid and passive we will just stand in line and buy this weirdness? They should have learned from the XP experience that 2 different versions, a good one and a bad one, have wreaked havoc in the IT/IS industry. But nooooo! Vista will have 5 versions. My advice is stick with XP Pro (a good operating system) or upgrade your XP Home (a not so good operating system) to Pro. Don't rush out and buy Vista just yet.

That being said, most likely Microsoft will find a way to make you upgrade. There's the 64 versus 32 bit argument, the fact that Microsoft is stopping support on older operating systems at the speed of light, and many other issues. Know what? I still like the idea of actually OWNING something I purchase. Be wary, these wolves care nothing about sheep attire.

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-Lord Chesterfield