Obama Inauguration Protected by Windows XP
Now that Obama is the 44th President of the U.S., the security measures that were in place to ensure a smooth inauguration will still continue to be in force for some time.
Although all the security agencies involved in today's event won't be out in full force every day, the security for Obama's new presidency still demands a certain level of awareness.
What better way to ensure that everything goes smoothly than to use Windows XP on FBI intelligence machines.
It looks like the FBI is reluctant to move to Windows Vista for laptops.
The FBI was out in force today, with a list of high-tech anti-threat technologies, including a bomb vessel designed to contain a live bomb, and even allow it to explode if necessary. The FBI also had a mobile command center on site, where it coordinates and organizes on-site agents. Able to execute all commands and observations, the mobile FBI command center is a big armored trailer with laptops and other computer equipment inside.
If you wanted to build a secure setup? What would you personally use for the ultimate security? Would Windows XP suffice? Or would you use something along the lines of Linux or BSD, or even Mac OS X Leopard? Do you think you can lock down a Windows system as hard as one based on *nix?
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I don't mean to sound pessimistic, but you have a relatively unknown entity sitting in the Whitehouse - isn't that something to be worried about, especially given their globalist agenda policies? Oh and I do find it utterly ironic that whilst these security measures are in place, the security ours borders practically non-existent. I wonder who is responsible for that, and other issues that seem to be at the forefront of the electorate's conserns yet furthest from the minds of those who are capable of doing something but won't.
I'm probably guessing the Windows OS the US government has is quite different to the mainstream OS Micrsoft supplies ordinary customers.
After all, it's because of the US government that Microsoft had to change various things in XP, such as no hidden features (like Easter Eggs), etc.
Nevertheless, it's sad people belittle the Windows OS, when in fact it has radically fewer security flaws than Linux - especially if you analyse the 2 kernels. For example, XP kernel has only had 1/2 holes, yet the Linux kernel 2.6 is riddled with over 290 severe security holes (take a look at secunia), probably due to Linux's inferior monolithic architecture.
... and this is just the Linux kernel, you wouldn't believe the numbers if you look at a complete Linux OS such as Red Hat / Debian / etc.
Windows security is only in the spotlight as it's usage is well over 96%, so no one cares about targetting the