Vista security claim challenged (BBC)

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By Mark Ward
Technology Correspondent, BBC News website

Security experts have thrown doubt on Bill Gates' claim that Vista is "more secure" than other operating systems.

It may be more secure than other versions of Windows, they said, but there are older operating systems that are still safer.
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Old iron

Mr Gates made the claim that Vista was "dramatically more secure" during an interview with BBC News. He said the improved security in Vista was a reason all by itself to upgrade from Windows XP.
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"It's dramatically more secure than, say, Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT, Windows 2000 or Windows XP," said Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at F-Secure.

"However, it's fundamentally not more secure than operating systems like FreeBSD, QNX, AS/400 etc," he said.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6316253.stm

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1. vista`s drm was hacked before it was released

by a guy in canada. he`s afraid of releasing it because of prosecution. just wait till the malware guys start driving holes through the vista drm security