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Re: The joy of simplicity?

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<hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote in message 
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> On Sunday, February 22, 2015 at 2:49:05 PM UTC-5, gareth wrote:
>
>> Oh, to have the simplicity of CP/M on a PC, with the
>> processor speeds and oodles of storage of today!

> Now that this thread has been reactivated, I'll say that I wish programs
> wouldn't execute on a PC unless explicitly commanded by the user.

That's just not feasible with modern OSs which have so much going on in the
background doing all sorts of useful stuff for the programs you choose to 
run.

> (Also, a much simpler O/S).

You can still run DOS if you want to.

> None of this open and run automatically, which
> makes it so easy for malware to its thing.

Makes more sense to have the user authorise stuff that
can be run automatically at OS install time and have to
authorise anything added by an install after that. But that
wouldn't help with the simplest users who will have no
idea what should be allowed to run and what should not. 

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