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more on Report seeks more secure world for software development
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2004 11:50:30 -0400
Delivered-To: dfarber+ () ux13 sp cs cmu edu Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2004 19:21:17 -0800 From: Thomas Leavitt <thomas () thomasleavitt org> Subject: Re: [IP] Report seeks more secure world for software development To: dave () farber net "The patching process needs to be revamped, such as no longer requiring reboots during installation, and providing awards and other incentives to those developers and vendors who create secure product." As someone who just spent four hours watching "Windows Update" "patch" an installation of XP for my employer, a process which required half a dozen reboots, this statement induces giggles. How many billions should we pay Microsoft in "awards and incentives" to quit shipping broken and bug ridden software? Could be a lucrative business for them. Regards, Thomas Leavitt ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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