Security, Speed and the Trouble With Transparency
The key selling point for Windows 7, as emphasized in a concerted advertising campaign that stretches across both TV and the Web, is that it's leaner, simpler and faster. It doesn't have to complete the phrase 'faster than ...' because we all know how to complete that phrase. Microsoft's bet for Windows 7 is that users smart enough to complete that phrase, care. So if some of the comments Betanews has been receiving about Internet Explorer's recent problems being a non-event, or a 'YAWN,' really did reflect reality, then Microsoft has already lost the bet."
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