sounding like linux to me.....quote from msnbc.com atricle today:
Though improved searching and fancy graphics are nice, the biggest changes are in security.
Internet surfers will notice that the system?s firewall now can block incoming and outgoing network traffic. Vista also has built-in tools for preventing viruses from being installed by infected machines on local networks. It will also have basic malware removal tools.
But the most noticeable change is in how Vista handles user privileges.
Previous versions of Windows let people designated as administrators do whatever they wanted. The rights carried over to the software they were running ? something that has caused countless headaches with spyware, adware, viruses and the like.
With Windows Vista?s User Account Protection, even administrators are prompted for a password whenever anything is installed or a system setting changed. It?s an extra layer of protection that?s long been a part Unix-style operating systems, including Mac OS X and Linux.
The protection was not turned on by default in Beta 1, and it?s not clear whether it will be in the final release. The beta seemed a bit paranoid: I couldn?t change the clock or even the accessibility settings without entering the password.
I also suspect that the heightened security was one of the reasons I could not install many programs, ranging from games to the software I use to log into my corporate intranet. (Another reason may simply be some installation programs check the operating system and refuse to install if it?s not recognized.)
Most backward compatibility issues will likely be resolved by the final release. If not, there could be a revolt at the same time that Apple ? for once copying the Windows PC industry ? builds Intel Corp. processors into its computers and updates Mac OS X yet again.