17 Jan
2012
17 Jan
'12
2:46 a.m.
On 10 January 2012 23:14, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On 01/10/2012 02:13 PM, Richard wrote:
?...and they don't seem to understand that this is the WORST possible thing
that they could do. ?Their customers are (typically) the least
computer-literate computer users out there. ?They don't necessarily
understand that asking for "less security stuff getting in the way" makes
things less secure.
?Now, granted, they should learn about this stuff before ever sitting down
in front of a computer. ?But they don't, and likely won't.
?IMO Microsoft should take the high road and give them what they NEED rather
than what they ask for. ?They'd have a far higher-quality product as a
result.
At risk of causing fainting: I entirely agree.
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[...] Even
in Vista& ?7, I think the Windows user privileges model has been
comprehensively screwed over and broken by the marketing dept in their
pursuit of something "easy" and "friendly".
For better or worse, MS does this in exact response to customer
feedback.