It's with each and every one of us - choosing never to use
a Microsoft operating system again until it becomes fit for
purpose - which I anticipate somewhere between three and
thirty quarters after Hell freezes over. As someone said
about patents and the irretrievably fubared patent system,
too many companies have too much tied up in the status
quo to let justice prevail in our lifetimes.
And to be fair and utterly clear: it's not just a Microsoft
problem, it's a monoculture problem. I love both the Mac
and Linux, but if either of them had as much money and as
many eyeballs tied up as Windows does, it would be worth
someone's time and money to find an exploitable hole. The
fact that both of those systems are designed to make it as
difficult as commercially possible to exploit effectively, in
my opinion, is a minimal requirement for "fitness for
purpose" in this context. The fact that Microsoft (and
commercial software generally) get a free pass on 'fitness
for purpose' should be illegal in any country, and an
impeachable or dismissible offense for the government
officials (trade and consumer-protection) who allowed it to
happen on their watch.
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