Re: M$ - so what should they do?

[Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk>]

Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:

> Actually, just doing that one *alone* (splitting it out so it isn't entwined into
> the OS) would probably do more than anything else.  But we're not likely to see
> that happen, not since the Microsoft witnesses swore on a Bible that IE was an
> integral part of the OS....

Yep -- the DoJ defense has many long and nasty tentacles that will 
ensure shoddiness and ongoing bad design "decisions" in MS software for 
many years to come.

Is this the first major case of "insecurity by enforced legal defense"?

Perhaps our law schools need to introduce a new course: "Software 
architecture priciples for Lawyers" ??


Regards,

Nick FitzGerald

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