Vista characteristics?

J David Ellis wrote:
I see a lot of talk about MS Vista...

1) Does anyone know if it has dealt with the .dll mess in one folder
where any misbehaved application installer can alter system files?

2) In the mainframe world they ask, "Did you have a three-digit year or
a four-digit year?" IOW, was your annual downtime 0.001% or 0.0001%? Can
we expect Vista to perform in this range, or are we still going to
restart the computer when an application is installed? Not to mention
adding a device via cardbus, Firewire or USB.

3) Will Vista be so fat and loaded with unused features that it'll
require more RAM and boot time than XP? Of course, if it only has to
start once a year, the latter is not an issue. :=)

4) Will it have an arsenal of ways to prevent my choice of anti-virus
and firewall software, and other non-MS application software, from
running well or running at all?

5) Does it include firewall software that checks outbound packets?

6) Will Vista Explorer, or whatever it's called, be able to burn data
files to a DVD without third party software (such as Roxio Creator LE
supplied by Dell)?

--David

Peter Gutmann,

http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut00...vista_cost.txt
Last updated 22 December 2006

Executive Summary
-----------------

Windows Vista includes an extensive reworking of core OS
elements in
order to provide content protection for so-called "premium
content",
typically HD data from Blu-Ray and HD-DVD sources. Providing
this
protection incurs considerable costs in terms of system
performance,
system stability, technical support overhead, and hardware and
software cost. These issues affect not only users of Vista
but the
entire PC industry, since the effects of the protection measures
extend to cover all hardware and software that will ever
come into
contact with Vista, even if it's not used directly with
Vista (for
example hardware in a Macintosh computer or on a Linux
server). This
document analyses the cost involved in Vista's content
protection, and
the collateral damage that this incurs throughout the computer
industry.

http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut00...vista_cost.txt

Jerry wrote:
J David Ellis wrote:
I see a lot of talk about MS Vista...

1) Does anyone know if it has dealt with the .dll mess in one folder
where any misbehaved application installer can alter system files?

2) In the mainframe world they ask, "Did you have a three-digit year
or a four-digit year?" IOW, was your annual downtime 0.001% or
0.0001%? Can we expect Vista to perform in this range, or are we still
going to restart the computer when an application is installed? Not to
mention adding a device via cardbus, Firewire or USB.

3) Will Vista be so fat and loaded with unused features that it'll
require more RAM and boot time than XP? Of course, if it only has to
start once a year, the latter is not an issue. :=)

4) Will it have an arsenal of ways to prevent my choice of anti-virus
and firewall software, and other non-MS application software, from
running well or running at all?

5) Does it include firewall software that checks outbound packets?

6) Will Vista Explorer, or whatever it's called, be able to burn data
files to a DVD without third party software (such as Roxio Creator LE
supplied by Dell)?

--David

Peter Gutmann,

http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut00...vista_cost.txt
Last updated 22 December 2006

Executive Summary
-----------------

Windows Vista includes an extensive reworking of core OS elements in
order to provide content protection for so-called "premium content",
typically HD data from Blu-Ray and HD-DVD sources. Providing this
protection incurs considerable costs in terms of system performance,
system stability, technical support overhead, and hardware and
software cost. These issues affect not only users of Vista but the
entire PC industry, since the effects of the protection measures
extend to cover all hardware and software that will ever come into
contact with Vista, even if it's not used directly with Vista (for
example hardware in a Macintosh computer or on a Linux server). This
document analyses the cost involved in Vista's content protection, and
the collateral damage that this incurs throughout the computer
industry.

http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut00...vista_cost.txt

Interesting. Has anyone at the University of Auckland, or
elsewhere, written a critique of your paper? --D