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Posted in Microsoft, Security, Vista, Vista 7, Windows at 3:14 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: With the sharing of new analyses, Vista 7 security suffers another blow, as does Microsoft’s business as a whole
THE reality behind Vista 7 increasingly becomes identical to that of Windows Vista (if not worse).
Earlier we wrote about Vista 7 being less secure than Vista, according to Trend Micro. Several experts made similar claims prior to Trend Micro and yet another new warning has just arrived:
=> wrote about Vista 7 being less secure than Vista | ↺ new warning
Analysts: 2010 will see surges in Windows 7 malware and application exploitsSweden-based computer security firm Lavasoft predicts that trends in the creation and deployment of malware will change in 2010, toward newer models of cyber crime.The release of Windows 7 will cause a large-scale shift in the production and distribution of malware, which overwhelmingly tends to target Microsoft products because of their widespread use. New versions of Windows require new versions of malware, to better target the incautious enterprise users that are the bread-and-butter victims of cyber criminals.
The above comes from Lavasoft analysts and the New York Times has this new piece about another analyst:
Microsoft Is Losing Fight for Consumers, Analyst Says[...]“Except for gaming, it is ‘game over’ for Microsoft in the consumer market,” he said. “It’s time to declare Microsoft a loser in phones. Just get out of Dodge.”Regardless of Microsoft’s performance, amid the rise of Apple’s iPhone and phones using Google’s Android software, it seems unlikely Microsoft will heed Mr. Anderson’s advice. The smartphone is becoming the innovative hub of software development and applications, far more so than the personal computer. If Microsoft loses in smartphones, Mr. Anderson noted, “It is pretty grim. Those applications are going to move upstream.”The underlying problem, Mr. Anderson said, is cultural. “Phones are consumer items, and Microsoft doesn’t have consumer DNA,” he said.“Walk the halls at Microsoft and you can see it is not a place that gets consumers,” Mr. Anderson said. “Just as if you walk the halls at Google, it’s obvious it is not a place that gets the enterprise world.”
Tough times for Microsoft, even among the crowds whom it pays to say positive things. Maybe it’s an invitation for Microsoft to sign more contracts with more analyst groups. █
“Analysts sell out – that’s their business model… But they are very concerned that they never look like they are selling out, so that makes them very prickly to work with.”
–Microsoft, internal document [PDF]
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