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. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:28:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: DrBacchus http://saunderslog.com/2006/11/10/famous-last-words-windows-vista-wont-need-antivirus/#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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