After a lot of waiting, feature pruning, a few false dawns and a good deal of hype, Microsoft Vista was launched with much fanfare at the start of this year. Indeed more fireworks were used in the French launch than were used to celebrate the new millennium. Before the official release Vista’s DRM and security specifications were being referred to as the longest suicide note in history despite clever security improvements like ASLR.
(Microsoft security may well be an oxymoron. It is a much ridiculed aspect of the company and their software but did it really deserve a spot on the list of 2007 worst jobs in science?)
