Windows tick-tock
posted by Passcape_Admin at 13:11:06 27.09.2012
While assessing and analyzing new protection methods in various operating systems of the Windows family, we have come to a rather amusing suggestion: the release of new versions of the Windows operating system is based on pair recurrence.
Just like the tick-tock cycle with the release of Intel CPUs, one version of Windows undergoes a considerable rework and numerous innovations in the area of security (tick), while the next version (tock) appears as the refined previous one, featuring improved user interface and a minimum of new tools.
Despite the fact that some features are not so obvious, some things are still evident. Judge for yourself:
Tick | Tock |
2000 The released Windows 2000 contained an array of technical innovations (e.g., DPAPI, EFS, NTFS, Active Directory, etc.), but its interface left much to be desired. | 2001 Windows XP was based on the Win2K code and offered an improved graphical user interface, what it won a well-deserved popularity among users for. Additionally, many bugs from the previous version have been fixed in Win XP. In particular, the holes in EFS and DPAPI have been patched. |
2007 Windows Vista had a considerably revised technical part; again, the system had acquired numerous innovations: improved memory protection, DEP, UAC, ASLR, Bitlocker, Windows Defender, parental control, etc. | 2009 On the other hand, Windows 7 was "finished" with a friendly interface, freed from numerous Vista's flaws and shortcomings. |
2012 The security system in Windows 8 has been disemboweled so heavily that there is no doubt this is a version with lots of technical innovations. | 2014 Windows 9 ??? |
So, a friendly interface and major bug fix should probably be expected in the ninth version of Windows, somewhere around 2014 ?
P.S. A funny picture found somewhere in the Internet.