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Re:Microsoft Becomes Linux Foundation Platinum Member by blahi on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @11:28AM (#12968529)
Kaspersky and all of the AV vendors deserve to get wiped out.
Re:Microsoft Becomes Linux Foundation Platinum Member by BentFranklin on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @01:05PM (#12969605)
I'd like to know why you think that, and also if you think that W10's unstoppable updates is the right way.
Re:Microsoft Becomes Linux Foundation Platinum Member by intern4tional on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @04:20PM (#12971662)
Not the grandparent, but I think the issue is that people want clients to have an uptime that is comparable to a server.

Windows Server has controllable updates and reboots. Win 10 - is a client OS and wasn't designed with the same level of hardening and shouldn't have the same uptime requirements.

The challenge is convincing the general public of this; people want a Ford Fiesta with the speed and features of a Audi R8, meaning they want the best of all worlds at reasonable cost and no penalties.

By forcing updates on clients, MS has eliminated a generation of machines being owned by various botnets. They've also made it relatively cheap to get a server in Azure should you have a temporary need for uptime (like a research project for a week).

That aside, some portions of those updates are bad (like removing functionality, pushing telemetry, etc), but the overall strategy of auto updating isn't a bad idea if they can convince people to adjust to it and use Server when they need stability.

Re:Microsoft Becomes Linux Foundation Platinum Member by ionised on Thursday November 17, 2016 @11:58AM (#12979124)
Probably not wise while Windows Defender is so crappy in terms of analysis and detection.