Comments on: Famous Last Words: Windows Vista Won’t Need Antivirus http://saunderslog.com/2006/11/10/famous-last-words-windows-vista-wont-need-antivirus/ A daily round table on the tech industry with experts and callers from all over the globe. Join us as we pick apart the news and get to the meat of what\'s happening out there. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:12:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Alec http://saunderslog.com/2006/11/10/famous-last-words-windows-vista-wont-need-antivirus/comment-page-1/#comment-1479319 Alec Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:12:43 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/11/10/famous-last-words-windows-vista-wont-need-antivirus/#comment-1479319 It's all me, all the time. It’s all me, all the time.

]]> By: George Hahn http://saunderslog.com/2006/11/10/famous-last-words-windows-vista-wont-need-antivirus/comment-page-1/#comment-1478609 George Hahn Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:15:39 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/11/10/famous-last-words-windows-vista-wont-need-antivirus/#comment-1478609 Do you do all your own writing? Or do you outsource some of it? I'm looking for some similar content for my blog! These are great posts! Do you do all your own writing? Or do you outsource some of it? I’m looking for some similar content for my blog! These are great posts!

]]> By: Apple responds to Microsoft ads with… more of the same? | Alec Saunders SquawkBox http://saunderslog.com/2006/11/10/famous-last-words-windows-vista-wont-need-antivirus/comment-page-1/#comment-1445696 Apple responds to Microsoft ads with… more of the same? | Alec Saunders SquawkBox Wed, 13 May 2009 15:31:10 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/11/10/famous-last-words-windows-vista-wont-need-antivirus/#comment-1445696 [...] would obviate the need for antivirus?  It certainly caused a flurry at the time, and even I mocked him for saying it.  But you know, a funny thing happened last fall.  My anti-virus [...] [...] would obviate the need for antivirus?  It certainly caused a flurry at the time, and even I mocked him for saying it.  But you know, a funny thing happened last fall.  My anti-virus [...]

]]> By: DrBacchus http://saunderslog.com/2006/11/10/famous-last-words-windows-vista-wont-need-antivirus/comment-page-1/#comment-63667 DrBacchus Sun, 12 Nov 2006 15:32:53 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/11/10/famous-last-words-windows-vista-wont-need-antivirus/#comment-63667 I run my Mac without virus protection, and I run my Linux machines without virus protection. I am willing to accept the possibility, as remote as it is, and as much as it contradicts all previous experience, that the new architecture of Vista renders all previous viruses inoperable. Of course, having said that, it seems monumentally unlikely, as that would require making such significant changes that all existing Windows software would no longer run either, and that seems ... ahem ... somewhat problematic. But, what do I know. I'm not a kernel programmer. I run my Mac without virus protection, and I run my Linux machines without virus protection. I am willing to accept the possibility, as remote as it is, and as much as it contradicts all previous experience, that the new architecture of Vista renders all previous viruses inoperable.

Of course, having said that, it seems monumentally unlikely, as that would require making such significant changes that all existing Windows software would no longer run either, and that seems … ahem … somewhat problematic.

But, what do I know. I’m not a kernel programmer.

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