Re: NINCOMPOOPERY OF MICROSOFT

[Georgi Guninski <guninski () guninski com>]

<quote>
Ballmer made it absolutely clear where his company--arguably the biggest target for cybercrime the world over--stands 
when it comes to hacking, be it malicious code-authoring or what some consider to be ethical programming. Ballmer 
likens these individuals to criminals who blow up buildings and says the monetary damage is worse. And he takes umbrage 
with the notion that some are ethical and help to create new innovations for the market by pushing IT to its limits.
</quote>

They should make this clear on their bug reporting page.

georgi


On Wed,  1 Oct 2003 07:54:12 -0700
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> "Hackers are criminals" Most, he notes, release their malicious code
> after patches for Microsoft software have been released, meaning that
> they are simply reverse engineering to exploit security weaknesses or
> holes in software. - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer 
>
> 'ninkum`poop [n]  a stupid foolish person See Also: simple, simpleton
>
>
> Microsoft has claimed that the majority of the security bugs reported
> by the company’s software users have been traced back to the code provided
> by the third party software vendors
>
> Almost 90 per cent of the problems, that are reported by the users as
> part of our automated feedback system, come from the code that is not
> provided by Microsoft.” - Chief Technology Officer Craig Mundie 
>
> http://www.internetwk.com/breakingNews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=15200897
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> http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=43039
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