On 2006/03/16 13:56, A Rossi wrote: > <snip> > > modern PC video card architecture containing a large > > quantity of PURE EVIL. > > This joke has a whole new meaning... > http://ctrlaltdel-online.com/comic.php?d=20021029 > > As an aside, there are no alternative windows systems that are > functional or secure?
There are alternative window systems that are far worse (e.g. some popular system runs hw-vendor-supplied video drivers, quite often of low quality, in ring 0 to improve performance [1]) but it's the way that the video card architecture works, not the way that the windowing system works, that's the problem. [1] http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20051216-5788.html
