Re:Downloading Software Safely Is Nearly Impossible
by smacktoward on Monday March 03, 2014 @01:35PM
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Microsoft's big blunder is that they assume that "developer" is synonymous with "Windows developer."
They have excellent tools available for Windows developers. But step out of that silo and man, just forget it. You have to fight your own system every step of the way.
This is an example of a strategy tax (http://scripting.com/davenet/2001/04/30/strategyTax.html): Microsoft's strategy for a loooong time was to pretend like Windows was the only thing that existed. When Windows was a majority monoculture, this worked pretty well for them. But now that it's just one ecosystem among many, it forces their developer-tools people to pull their punches so as to avoid undercutting their Windows people.
They have excellent tools available for Windows developers. But step out of that silo and man, just forget it. You have to fight your own system every step of the way.
This is an example of a strategy tax (http://scripting.com/davenet/2001/04/30/strategyTax.html): Microsoft's strategy for a loooong time was to pretend like Windows was the only thing that existed. When Windows was a majority monoculture, this worked pretty well for them. But now that it's just one ecosystem among many, it forces their developer-tools people to pull their punches so as to avoid undercutting their Windows people.