Attributes	Legacy OS Windows, MacOS, Android, Linux, iOS	Bare Machine Computing	3SoC
Layered	Yes	No	No
Applications	Environment sensitive	Application-driven	Web-driven
third-party permissions	Yes	Limited	None
Complexity	Too complex	Simple	Very simple
Size of code	Large	Much smaller	Much smaller
User Experience	Normal	With Limitations	Improved in speed & performance
Open ports	Many	None	Optional
Inter-OS compatibility	None	None	Switchable within multiple OSs
Vulnerabilities	Many	Limited	None
Frequent patching	Not required	Not required	None
Zero-day vulnerability	High	Limited	None
Zero Trust Approach	Policy based implementation	Application-driven policy	Built-in by design
AZT Cloud Continuum	Impossible	Not possible	By default
End Node	Highly vulnerable	Vulnerable	Highly secure
Resilience	Fragile	Robust	Very robust
Thread/process creation	User-driven	Application Driven	Pre-defined
System Calls	Many	Application Calls	Predefined
Local IoT Portability	Extensive	None	Within 3SoC ecosystem
Universal Portability	Extensive	Limited	Extensive via WiFi only
Hardware	Rapid changes	Less often	Lot Less
Software	Rapid changes	Less often	Less often
Software Upgrades	Frequent	Rare	Rare
Heterogeneity	More	None	None
External code dependencies	Substantial	None	None
People skills	Diverse	App-centric	Diverse
Hardware Life	Less	Lot More	Lot more
Software Life	Less	Extensible	Extensible
Global/Local Centric	Global Centric	Local Centric	Local & Global
App developers’ development time	Faster due to existing tools	Slower due to non-existing tools	Faster as all apps are web based
Malware	Susceptible	Less susceptible	Resistant
Attack surface	Large	Not totally obliterated	Totally obliterated
Quantum threat	Vulnerable	Vulnerable	Resistant
Obsolescence	High	Low	Low
Learning curve	More due to complexities	Less due to App focus	Less due to simplicity