Playing with Windows Live Writer

I don't know if this will make my blog more fun and interesting, but I thought I'd give it a try!  Don't expect that this will totally revive the blog, but it may.  We shall see!

For those who have been paying attention....

In 2002 and 2003, Microsoft released their most recent versions of Windows and Office. Since then, the Reseach and Development team has basically started from the ground up and spent a great majority of their time researching how their software and operating system are actually used and not just how Microsoft thinks their product should be used. They have taken this research and greatly improved on the most used functions and made improvement on ease of use in these specific areas.

No wonder solitaire now ROCKS!

;)

There goes the punchline....

So, 12 years ago, my boss spend a good sum of money to bring all of the computers in our office up to Windows 95 from Windows 3.11 (good times...) After an hour, I went into his office and declared, "I don't see much of a difference - I mean, Solitaire is exactly the same!"

Well, in Windows Vista, Solitaire has been improved.

(Just a side note, by the end of the day, I had hacked Windows 95 and had replaced the Windows 95 logo - with the pretty clouds - with a "Happy Mac".)

Microsoft and Viruses

Why does everybody focus on Windows when they write viruses? I have a couple theories.

• Writing a virus for open source is too easy - there's no challenge in finding vulnerabilities. Instead of writing viruses, people use Linux's vulnerabilities to do direct assults on other machines.
• If a person writes a good virus for Windows, it can cripple entire enterprises, businesses and government agencies. Writing a virus for OS X might affect 10 people. Of course it also has the potential of collapsing elementary education, but that's about it.