What ever happened to Tandem and NonStop OS 2008

More handwaving.

Physical penetration of the hardware is not an OS security issue - which is the *only* thing I made any claim about.

Not in recent versions. There hasn't been a documented privilege escalation against Win2003 since 2004 (CVE-2004-0208).

In other words, this is more handwaving. If you want to make a real argument, supply some real data.

Wave, wave, wave.

Have you ever seen a machine that was properly physically secured? You'd need a hell of a lot more than a screwdriver.

Oh, and what "certain clbutt" would that be? CVE name. Link to any of the SecurityFocus archives. Something.

Software that's downloaded is physically present.

Hogwash. There's the research exemption; and there are plenty of references that can be cited without any fear of prosecution under DMCA, as I just did.

Social engineering is not a security failing of the OS.

The administrator doesn't, for administering Windows systems of recent vintage.

"Windows can't be secured" is the favorite excuse of people who'd rather not try. Frankly, I'm sick of it.

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Then a good friend got very ill, and it made Pernsteiner realize that "life is short. This was an opportunity to be silly."