[Gllug] Re: M$ "Bounty"

[Richard]

> >  From a business perspective, it's also a very wise move on their part.  
> > Good publicity, probably fewer worms to fight over the next few months...
> 
> Okay, it might be some good PR on their part, but they're basically trying to
> fight the symptoms, not the cause. Their time would be better spent doing some
> code audits, and fixing (potential) vulnerabilities.


Reading this weeks edition of www.computing.co.uk on the table in front 
of me ... and I quote ...  interview by Juan Carlos Lopez Navarro.. 
page 05..  "Windows and Linux to go head-to-head...

Juan asks Bill what he thinks..


Juan:  "What do you really think developers can do to really harden 
their stance on security, and what is Micro$oft doing to help?
Bill:  "You don't need perfect code to avoid security problems.  There 
are things we are doing to make code closer, in terms of appropriate 
tools - for example, 'securiotics'."

If you put this up against the OpenBSD development model - for example 
- you tend to think along the lines of M$ 'neuriotics' and neuroses 
about fair competition rather than a proper development cycle.

<folds box and wanders away from Hyde Park corner in the direction of 
Oxford Street>


 
 

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Richard

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