Why most run Microsoft, not RedHat

[Scott van Looy]

Today Matthew Saltzman did spake thusly:

> On Thu, 19 Apr 2007, Scott van Looy wrote:
>
>> Today Dotan Cohen did spake thusly:
>> 
>>> On 19/04/07, Scott van Looy <scott at ethosuk.org.uk> wrote:
>>>> OK, you weren't running as a user with administrative privs
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Oh, I didn't realize that I was supposed to be an admin in regular
>>> use. Apparently my professor didn't realize that either. How dumb we
>>> are.
>> 
>> You're not supposed to be, but if you want to avoid such things then you 
>> should be. Also, the majority of windows software doesn't run properly 
>> without admin privs, so i'd be surprised if you were able to do this 
>> without such heartache.
>
> And *that's* what they mean when they say, "Defective by design."

Yep, that's a problem. Mostly caused by app developers and not Microsoft. 
They've attempted to force the app developers hand with Vista now, so 
we'll see if it works out...

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