Apple Computer hopes that the origin of open source allows the fifth edition operating system "Tiger" from security threats.
Apple's latest update version of the operating system uses UNIX platforms, which is scheduled to be launched in the first half of 2005. Apple's supervisor believes that open source code is given to the operating system and the innate security, and it is some proprietary operating system.
Apple Software Senior Vice President Bertrand Serlet said on Wednesday (1 day), let the source code will strengthen the software security. "Many security issues are in the core part," he said: "Let thousands of volunteers check the important part of the source code, determine that there is no error in those parts, is a great advantage of opening the source code program."
"Tiger" will not become a malicious person's goal, it is not known. In the past, the McKin Tower operating system has found a flaw, but the frequency of the safe pull alarm is far lower than the opponent Windows operating system. Msblast's epidemics burst last year, is a major factor for forcing Microsoft to develop SP2 security service packages. Microsoft's software has also been attacked by a worm of Slammer, Red Alert (Code Red) and Nimda.
In June this year, Apple has provided the initial beta version of the new operating system at the developer meeting to allow program designers "starting the architecture application", Mac OS X Senior Product Marketing Manager Ken Bereskin, said.
Although Bereskin said that the version of the program developers is very "solid", but the serlet recognizes that "Tiger" still has many improvement space. For example, Apple has not properly arranged a standard "Widgets" - clock, Notepad, Dictionary and other popular subscribers, available for users to select on the computer desktop.
However, Bereskin said that Apple is convinced that it will not encounter a situation in which Microsoft is not launched before the final period. After repeated extension, I have given a new generation of Windows operating systems (code "longhorn") to the shadow, Microsoft recently transferred the "longhorn" section of the program developers to the development of XP SP2, causing the launch date to further move.
At the Apple Expo Exhibition held in Paris, Apple Marketing Vice President, Phil Schiller, showed "Tiger" Spotlight search function, and other approximately more than 150 additional features.
"Microsoft (LONGHORN launch date) seems to change again. We want to say that the company is far ahead of Microsoft, our technology leads Longhorn many years," Schiller said.
Spotlight symbolizes Apple's big movement of the desktop search tool competition. Schiller claims that Spotlight set off a "business operating system under the major revolution". Apple's search software can execute various applications, and can simultaneously filter media information such as content and file size records, even compare search keywords and corresponding PDF text files. This tool starts from a feature from the iTunes music store - that is, a magnifying glass appearing on the upper right corner of the screen - Apple later enhances this feature for "Tiger". (ZDNET CHINA / Tang Huiwen)
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